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Vivitar 85/1.8 - samples (image heavy)
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:54 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:54 pm
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I tested my Viv 85/1.8 outside for the first time. The lens has very nice bokeh, still OFF highlights and at f/4 or f/5.6 is very sharp:

All pictures can be enlarged to full resolution:

f/1.8


f/2.8


f/4


f/5.6


f/8



f/8


f/4



wide-open vivitar + direct sunlight = very strong saturation (saturation was not boosted during RAW conversion):

f/1.8



Moon at f/1.8


Moon at f/8



f/8



Last edited by no-X on Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:00 pm; edited 1 time in total


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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:27 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:27 pm
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This looks an impressive lens.

DOF looks razor thin on the 1st image. The images look very crisp.

Can I ask what the price was?


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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:36 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:36 pm
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Hi. I have 2 of them. The first one was not functional, so it was quite cheap. Now it's in working condition. I bought the second one for about €110 with 2 worthless lenses. I'd like to sell one of the Vivitars for about €95.


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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:17 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:17 pm
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Probably out of my price range. Is it M42?


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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:37 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:37 pm
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It's T/T2 with T2->M42 adapter included. But the lens is reserved by member shad309 at the moment.


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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:53 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:53 pm
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Nice price for an excellent lens, 85mm focal length is never cheap I like this result pretty much.


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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:36 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:36 am
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Is this a Series 1 version?


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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:45 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:45 am
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benyao wrote:
Is this a Series 1 version?

no-X said it is a T mount lens which is an old present lens http://forum.mflenses.com/vivitar-85-1-8-t-mount-samples-t16541.html .


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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:46 am
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Is this a Series 1 version?


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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:38 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:38 am
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very nice indeed... sharp enough wide open.


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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:42 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:42 pm
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Nope, not Series 1, this is one of the earliest Vivitar branded lenses from the 1960's.
One of the original preset lens series.
I had one myself. It has the distinctive aperture blades with the bent edges.
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