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Big Dawg
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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:18 am Post subject: Has anyone seen one of these? |
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Big Dawg wrote:
135mm f/2.8 screw mount Vivitar with a chrome band around the front.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130358115081&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Univer
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Univer wrote:
Hi,
I've got one of these myself, also in M42. After I bought it - cheaply - I went looking for additional information about it, and stumbled on this interesting discussion.
These seem to pop up a few times a year on eBay - always the 135/2.8, and always, I seem to remember, with the "10" serial number. I don't believe I've ever seen this styling in a Vivitar of a different focal length.
I also recall seeing a photo of a very similar lens - also a 135/2.8 - with a "6" serial code, which would have made it an Olympus-manufactured lens (assuming, of course, that it falls within the proper production-year window). But I couldn't tell, on the basis of that photo, whether it was identical to this one.
I'm sorry to say that this is one of the lenses I haven't yet done any serious shooting with, so I can't report on IQ. I can say that the few quick snaps I took when it arrived looked rather promising.
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Big Dawg
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Thanks Jon. That was the type of hope filled info I was looking for. This one was not as cheap as I would have liked but it was so unique I thought it a great addition to my collection. I'll get back with some photos after it arrives. Thanks again.
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Big Dawg
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Big Dawg wrote:
I looked in on that discussion and That is the lens alright. I believe it is a Tokina as the ribbing is almost identical to all my TX and T4 Tokina made lens. Thanks again my friend..my knowledge has increased.
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fatdeeman
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fatdeeman wrote:
What a beauty!
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DSLR: Canon EOS 60D, Samsung GX-1S (Pentax *ist DS2)
Mirrorless: Panasonic DMC-G1, Sony NEX-5N
Compact: Canon PowerShot G3
Lenses:
Wide: Tokina RMC 28mm F/2.8, Tamron Adaptall 2 28mm F/2.5, Sun Optical 28mm F/2.5, Super paragon 28mm F/2.8, Sigma filtermatic 24mm F/2.8, Fujinon 35mm F/2.8, Sun Optical 35mm F/2.8
Standard: Industar 50-2, Helios 44-2, Helios 44M, Helios 44M-3, Pentax-M 50mm F/1.4, Pentax-M 50mm F/1.7, Pentax-M 50mm F/2, Ricoh 50mm F/1.7, Chinon 50mm F/1.7
Tele: Pentacon 135mm F/2.8, Pentacon 200mm F/3.5, Optomax 200mm f/3.5, Sun Optical 135mm F/3.5, Soligor 350mm F/5.6
Zoom: Tokina 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 SZ-X270 SD, Sigma Zoom Pi 35-200mm F4-5.6, Sun Optical 28-80mm F/3.5-4.5, Sunagor 80-205mm F/3.8, Tokina RMC 80-200mm F/4, Vivitar 70-150mm F/3.8, Tamron 95-205mm F/6.3, Tamron Adaptall 28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical, Tokina RMC 70-210mm F/3.5
Mirror: Falcon (Samyang) 800mm F/8, MTO-11CA 1000mm F/10, Tamron Adaptall 2 500mm F/8
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
I have one of these too. They are uncommon, but I would not say they are rare.
I have also seen different focal lengths in this series, including a 35mm, a 200mm and even a 250mm, all of which I lost unfortunately.
My theory is that they are pre-1970, or early enough in the 1970's to have missed the serial number code. The maker is of course mysterious, but I suspect either Komine or Kiron, outside guess Sun. They certainly are quality products.
The ribbed style was part of the Vivitar corporate style, and common to most earlier Vivitar lenses. It was easy for a major distributor like Vivitar to order lenses with particular cosmetics. The Vivitar T4 Tokinas for instance, are different from the same models of Tokina-made Soligors in exactly this way (among others). Tokina supplied them with different style knurling to different clients.
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fatdeeman
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fatdeeman wrote:
The colour scheme reminds me of the Tamron adaptamatics but the actual shape and build are much too different.
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Compact: Canon PowerShot G3
Lenses:
Wide: Tokina RMC 28mm F/2.8, Tamron Adaptall 2 28mm F/2.5, Sun Optical 28mm F/2.5, Super paragon 28mm F/2.8, Sigma filtermatic 24mm F/2.8, Fujinon 35mm F/2.8, Sun Optical 35mm F/2.8
Standard: Industar 50-2, Helios 44-2, Helios 44M, Helios 44M-3, Pentax-M 50mm F/1.4, Pentax-M 50mm F/1.7, Pentax-M 50mm F/2, Ricoh 50mm F/1.7, Chinon 50mm F/1.7
Tele: Pentacon 135mm F/2.8, Pentacon 200mm F/3.5, Optomax 200mm f/3.5, Sun Optical 135mm F/3.5, Soligor 350mm F/5.6
Zoom: Tokina 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 SZ-X270 SD, Sigma Zoom Pi 35-200mm F4-5.6, Sun Optical 28-80mm F/3.5-4.5, Sunagor 80-205mm F/3.8, Tokina RMC 80-200mm F/4, Vivitar 70-150mm F/3.8, Tamron 95-205mm F/6.3, Tamron Adaptall 28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical, Tokina RMC 70-210mm F/3.5
Mirror: Falcon (Samyang) 800mm F/8, MTO-11CA 1000mm F/10, Tamron Adaptall 2 500mm F/8
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larsr
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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larsr wrote:
Wow, someone really got a beauty of a lens for quite cheap!
However, I do wonder - wouldn't the chrome ring (in strong sunlight, and at an angle, anyway) produce and project unwanted reflections on the lens surface?
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24/2.8K AI'd, 28/2.8 AIS, 35/2 AIS, 50/1.4 AIS, 50/1.8 AIS, 50/2 AI, 55/2.8 Micro, 35-70/3.5 AIS, 85/1.8K AI'd, 100/2.8 Series E, 105/2.5 AI, 105/2.5 AIS, 135/3.5 AI, Nikkor 180/2.8 ED AIS, 200/4-Q AI'd, 300/4.5-H AI'd
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Misc: Vivitar 28/2.5, Chinon 28/2.8, Cosina Auto Cosinon 50/1.8, Revue Auto Revuenon 50/1.8, Mamiya 50/2, Auto Flex 55/1.7, Cosina Cosinon 135/2.8 MC, Vivitar 135/2.8, Petri 200/3.5 CC Auto
Zeiss: Carl Zeiss (Ikon) Tessar 50/2.8, CZJ Tessar 50/2.8, CZJ Pancolar Electric 50/1.8 MC, CZJ Biotar 58/2 T, CZJ Sonnar MC S 135/3.5
Asahi-Pentax: SMC-Takumar 55/1.8, Super-Takumar 105/2.8, SMC-Takumar 135/3.5
USSR: Mir-1 37/2.8 (1958 GP), Helios 44-2 58/2
Pentacon/Meyer: Pentacon 29/2.8 MC, Pentacon 50/1.8 MC Electric, Meyer G�rlitz Oreston 50/1.8, Meyer G�rlitz Orestor 135/2.8, Pentacon 200/4
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50/1.8 D, 60/2.8 Micro, 55-200/4-5.6 G VR, 70-300/4-5.6 ED, 18-70/3.5-4.5 G
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Univer
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Univer wrote:
Interesting stuff.
I've also seen a somewhat similar silver-and-black mystery Vivitar 250mm, but it was (I recall) slightly different in some details; it had a cutout "window" through which the selected aperture was visible, in the manner of the Adapt-A-Matics or some of the Yashinon M42 lenses. Nice to know that there are other focal lengths out there with this very attractive styling.
(Oh, and I freely admit that it was the lens's looks that induced me to buy it.)
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Mal1905
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Mal1905 wrote:
Was fortunate enough to receive one of these [serial number 105761] as part of a bundle of kit I won about 6 months ago - mostly junk apart from this and another Auto-Vivitar 2.8/135 [all black body with similar grooved focus/aperture rings, 378009118 serial number].
They nearly always rear their heads when it comes to me clearing out lenses, but they always get to stay at home. They both look and feel more expensive than they are, and are difficult to let go of 
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Asahi Optical Co.: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 4.5/20, 3.5/24, 3.5/28, 2/35, 3.5/35, 1.4/50, 1.8/55, 1.8/85, 2.8/105, 2.8/120, 2.5/135 I & II, 3.5/135, 4/150, 4/200, 4/300, 5.6/400, 4/45-125, 4.5/85-210, Super-Takumar 4.5/20, 3.5/24, 3.5/28, 2/35, 3.5/35, 1.4/50, 1.8/55, 2/55, 2.8/105, 3.5/135, 4/150, 4/200, 4.5/70-150, Fish-Eye-Takumar 4/17, Macro-Takumar 4/50, Super-Macro Takumar 4/50, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar 4/50, 4/100, Bellows-Takumar 4/100, Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 3.5/50, 2.4/58, 3.5/100, Asahi-Kogaku Tele-Takumar 3.5/135, Auto-Takumar 2.3/35, 3.5/35, 1.8/55, 1.8/55 (Zebra), 2/55, 2.2/55, 1.8/85, 2.8/105, 3.5/135, Takumar 4/35, 2.2/55, 2/58, 2.8/105, 3.5/135, 3.5/200, 5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 5.6/200, 6.3/300, SMC Takumar 1.4/50, 1.8/55, 2/55, SMC-M 1.4/50, 1.7/50, 2/50
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Big Dawg
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Thanks everyone for their input...But...any photos taken with those lenses? I must say they are good lookin'.
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Univer
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I also recall seeing a photo of a very similar lens - also a 135/2.8 - with a "6" serial code, which would have made it an Olympus-manufactured lens (assuming, of course, that it falls within the proper production-year window). But I couldn't tell, on the basis of that photo, whether it was identical to this one.
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Just reviving this thread (and quoting myself, which is probably poor form) to say that there's one of the "6" serial-number versions - an f/3.5 rather than a 2.8 - on eBay right now. And I still can't tell whether it's completely identical in styling to the "10" serial-number lenses, although it looks mighty similar.
Click here to see on Ebay
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Big Dawg
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...snip...
I also recall seeing a photo of a very similar lens - also a 135/2.8 - with a "6" serial code, which would have made it an Olympus-manufactured lens (assuming, of course, that it falls within the proper production-year window). But I couldn't tell, on the basis of that photo, whether it was identical to this one.
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Just reviving this thread (and quoting myself, which is probably poor form) to say that there's one of the "6" serial-number versions - an f/3.5 rather than a 2.8 - on eBay right now. And I still can't tell whether it's completely identical in styling to the "10" serial-number lenses, although it looks mighty similar.
Click here to see on Ebay
Cheers,
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Thanks Jon but that one is not quite the same as there is no chrome on the front of the lens. Nice looking older lens though....yesss...should I or shouldn't I?.........no...no........................................................................................................................OK I'll just watch it for a while....YES...THAT"S WHAT I'll DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHH Well I looked again and it has the wrong mount for me...
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Big Dawg
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Here is a 28mm with the same build.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390150281365&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Too bad for me it has a Canon mount.
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DSG
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: Has anyone seen one of these? |
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DSG wrote:
No, but I picked up a dinky little, black, preset Vivitar 135mm f2.8 that has a lovely fifteen blade iris!...And it only cost me £2!!  |
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Big Dawg
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: Has anyone seen one of these? |
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Big Dawg wrote:
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No, but I picked up a dinky little, black, preset Vivitar 135mm f2.8 that has a lovely fifteen blade iris!...And it only cost me £2!! |
Great buy! I've got 2 of those. Liked the first one so well I wanted a backup! LOL
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