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Vivitar Series 1 70-210 F3.5 Macro Focuing Zoom
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
PBFACTS wrote:
Yes but do not forget that before the last POOR quality cosina batch (100/400 - 28/210...) :cosina lenses were MAINLY ok : ie 100/500 cosina made Vivitar S1 lens is a very good lens (optically and mechanically ..i have the cosina version)

I'm the happy owner of a Cosina 100-500mm f/5.6-8 lens. The results I got with it were quite the surprise.


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
And all outdone by the Tamron 19ah.


PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kryss wrote:
And all outdone by the Tamron 19ah.


The very words I think to myself when reviewing the work of HCB...


PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good old Henry Carter Brown Very Happy


PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've owned several of the first 4 versions. 3 Kiron, 1 Tokina, 2 Komine and one Cosina.

The Kirons were really great lens but too heavy. Now don't get me wrong as I carry a Sigma 50-500 Bigma on all day walkabouts but for the focal range the Kiron has it is too heavy.

The Komines wer lighter and both were A lenses so I liked that shooting with my Pentax cameras. They were selling for so much more than I paid for them so I let them go.

I could never get sharp photos with the Cosina version. Always soft no matter the setting. I usually shoot hand held but to give this lens a fair test I tried tripod with mirror lockup and the full range of aperture settings. Still too soft.

The second or Tokina version I have kept and use still. I started life as a Contax/Yashika mount lens that I modified to fit my Pentax cameras. It is lighter than versions 1 and 3 and it is f/3.5 aperture through the whole zoom range but it does much better at f/8-f/11.







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