spiralcity
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 Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: Vivitar 100mm MC Macro ? |
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spiralcity wrote:
has anyone used this lens?
If so, could you please point me towards some photos taken with lens.
If anyone has any opinions on this lens please post them.
thanks... 
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orly_andico
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
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Location: Philippines
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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orly_andico wrote:
i used to have the AF version of that lens.
it's made by Cosina. decent, there is a review on photozone.de
it's not quite as good as the Pentax D-FA 100/2.8 Macro (which i replaced it with) but it's 1/10th the price.
i dont think anybody made a bad 100mm macro and this one's an f3.5 so not a very ambitious design.
the OOF highlights are on the busy side, and moving from f3.5 to f4 has no effect (the iris is not accurate enough). so f4 - f4.5 has slight overexposure. best to go to f5.6 straight if you want to stop down...
its 1:2 macro so handy for big bugs. |
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Screamin Scott
Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Posts: 1014
Location: Dallas, Georgia USA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Screamin Scott wrote:
From the reviews I've seen, people say optically it's decent, build wise, it sucks...But as has been mentioned, it's inexpensive enough for a 1:2 macro (goes to 1:1 with a screw on diopter...)
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Cameras-Nikon D300, D7100,D610,FE2,FTN ,FT2,N90s, Olympus Pen EP-3 & Olympus OM-D E-M10
Nikkor AF Zooms=28-105/3.5D,28-70/3.5D,35-135/3.5, et al
Nikkor AF //50/1.8,//Nikkor MF//50/2ai,50/1.8ais 50/1.4ai,24/2.8ais,28/2.8ai,28/3.5ai,55microAis/2.8,105/2.5ai,200/4ai,300/4.5ai35-135/3.5Ais,et al
Kiron /Kino made lenses//70-210/4ai,28-105/3.2ai,30-80/3.5ai,Viv 28/2ai,35-85/2.8aiVivS1,105/2.8Ais Dine,24-48/3.8ai VivS1,50-150/3.8aiViv,28-85/2.8aiViv,100/2.8Nai Viv,70-210/3.5Nai Viv,28/2.5ai Viv Komine made Viv//24/2Ais,135/2.8aiCF,28-50/3.5ai,28-90/2.8ai Viv S1,80-200/4.5aiCosina made Viv 19/3.8 Ais...Also Sigma 24/2.8 Ais Tokina made24/2.8ai VivAF Sigma 21-35/3.5,& other lenses... A link to some of my Flickr albums...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/albums |
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spiralcity
Joined: 02 Oct 2008
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Location: Chicago, U.S.A
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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spiralcity wrote:
thanks guys...
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Chinon: CE4s-CM4s-CM5
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