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ManualFocus-G
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 Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: Vivitar 85/1.8 T-Mount samples |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
I received this hidden gem as part of an OM1 package just recently (anyone want an OM1 by the way?  ).
The lens had a little fungus, but was really easy to take apart and clean. The result? A nice clean, fast 85mm prime 
I took the 85 for a quick run out last weekend, some samples below, all at f1.8 or f2.8.
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On the camera:
OK, the test shots!!
My verdict? Nice heavy lens which is sharp when stepped down and lovely bokeh when not stepped down
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Nesster wrote:
I like the results, it seems like a fine 85... but what I really dig is the expanse of see through glass on that lens... cool
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
Lovely lens, very desirable for collectors too.
There aren't too many of these about. It seems to have been the top of the line for Vivitar. This was one of the first lenses sold under that brand.
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casualcollector
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casualcollector wrote:
Maybe we can work out a swap for the OM-1!
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ManualFocus-G
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
Thanks guys, I've added some more lens shots as the others were touch blurry!
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no-X
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no-X wrote:
I think this is the most underestimated 85mm lens. I like it very much and it's one o my favourite 8xmm lens
Very nice shots!
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gil
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gil wrote:
Desirable lens. I tried to get similar focal lengths in other brands and I was always outbid as my budget seems to be at a shorter focal lengths only. Good job. I see you have a Sony.
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
My god man, you are just THE best lens hunter!
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ManualFocus-G
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
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My god man, you are just THE best lens hunter!
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It remains my second most expensive lens behind the superb Tamron SP 60-300 for £39
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Big Dawg
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Big Dawg wrote:
I've bid on more than a dozen of these in the last 2 years and never came close. Very nice lens. I love the preset lens the best. Just seems to work great with digital cameras.
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
You are the best lens hunter!
If you get tired of the Viv or the 60-300 tammy let me know.
In the meantime, have you still got the OM-1 and what do you want for it?
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ManualFocus-G
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
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You are the best lens hunter!
If you get tired of the Viv or the 60-300 tammy let me know.
In the meantime, have you still got the OM-1 and what do you want for it? |
Haha thanks! My 1st choice collection is almost complete now...and it's all cost about the same as a reasonably decent modern zoom lens!! Some of the items I managed to find incredibly cheap e.g. Pentacon 135/2.8 pre-set for £5.95 
As for the OM1, I'll take a proper look at it tonight (don't want to sell anyone a duffer!) and get back to you. Casual Collector has first dibs at the moment
Cheers
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
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| martinsmith99 wrote: |
You are the best lens hunter!
If you get tired of the Viv or the 60-300 tammy let me know.
In the meantime, have you still got the OM-1 and what do you want for it? |
Haha thanks! My 1st choice collection is almost complete now...and it's all cost about the same as a reasonably decent modern zoom lens!! Some of the items I managed to find incredibly cheap e.g. Pentacon 135/2.8 pre-set for £5.95
As for the OM1, I'll take a proper look at it tonight (don't want to sell anyone a duffer!) and get back to you. Casual Collector has first dibs at the moment
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I picked up a Meyer 135 preset for £5 and a mint Pentacon preset for £8.
No worries about the OM1. He's likely to use it more than me anyway as I only have 1 OM lens.
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ManualFocus-G
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
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| martinsmith99 wrote: |
You are the best lens hunter!
If you get tired of the Viv or the 60-300 tammy let me know.
In the meantime, have you still got the OM-1 and what do you want for it? |
Haha thanks! My 1st choice collection is almost complete now...and it's all cost about the same as a reasonably decent modern zoom lens!! Some of the items I managed to find incredibly cheap e.g. Pentacon 135/2.8 pre-set for £5.95
As for the OM1, I'll take a proper look at it tonight (don't want to sell anyone a duffer!) and get back to you. Casual Collector has first dibs at the moment
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I picked up a Meyer 135 preset for £5 and a mint Pentacon preset for £8. |
Good work!! 
I saw a Meyer 135 go on ebay for £70 just recently
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martinsmith99
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They vary so much. I see them for a tenner one day then similar to the price you saw.
I think they're over-rated to be honest. Oh, I've pulled the pin. Now I run. 
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They vary so much. I see them for a tenner one day then similar to the price you saw.
I think they're over-rated to be honest. Oh, I've pulled the pin. Now I run. |
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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estudleon
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estudleon wrote:
I bought it. At $ 49 because nobody in Buenos Aires wanted it, it seemed.
It's a tokina lens (very similar to a mamiya/sekor lenses).
Close focus 1,4 m (that not good)
A planar design, six in four.
Excelent center at F/4 (perhaps the better center). The evenest rendering is at F/8. Something cold.
Nice, and for $ 49 it's good.
Rino.
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Attila wrote:
Congrats! I never own any of them , but I think based on samples this is a nice lens.
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no-X
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no-X wrote:
One of my favourite 85mm lenses
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kds315*
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kds315* wrote:
Got one too, the missing close focus is a bit annoying. Wide open it is rather a soft focus lens, but stepped down it gets accepatbly sharp and much better contrast. The T-mount comes handy, esp. when you need Nikon mount.
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Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
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Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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estudleon
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estudleon wrote:
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| Got one too, the missing close focus is a bot annoying and wide opens it is rather a soft focus lens, but stepped down it gets accepatbly sharp and much better contrast. The T-mount comes handy, esp. when you need Nikon mount. |
Klauss, I'm happy that you can got one too. I felt something guilty.
It seems to me that you don't like the lens so much 
I like all the lenses between 50 and 85 mm. In spite of that, can say that it seems to me a lens with character and my copy is specially sharp in the center to F/4.
Rino.
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CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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kds315*
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kds315* wrote:
Well, I like 75-85mm lenses a lot and it has its own, unique character, so of course I like to have it added to my lenses!
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http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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ManualFocus-G
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
I have added more samples from this lens shot on my full frame 6D into the gallery:
http://forum.mflenses.com/return-to-1945s-steam-vivitar-85-1-8-preset-t55634.html
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