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Strange Vivitar - who made?
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Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:59 am
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Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:59 am
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An odd one for me.
Anyone care to take a stab at who made this lens?
Thanks
OH




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Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:19 am
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Not rare. Its the 200mm in the old preset line.
Several here have had it.
The aperture blade design is its most distinctive feature.
I don't think the maker or makers of the whole line of Vivitar presets has been identified.
I suspect Kino/Kiron because the rare preset version of the 20mm is nearly identical to the well known Kiron made auto 20mm.


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Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:22 am
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luisalegria wrote:
Not rare. Its the 200mm in the old preset line.
Several here have had it.
The aperture blade design is its most distinctive feature.
I don't think the maker or makers of the whole line of Vivitar presets has been identified.
I suspect Kino/Kiron because the rare preset version of the 20mm is nearly identical to the well known Kiron made auto 20mm.


Thank you luisalegria.
Apart from its 18 aperture blades and presumably creamy bokeh, how good is the IQ from this lens type?
Ta
OH


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Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:58 am
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I think it's the same as the Dollonds - S that I got a few weeks ago, it's not bad at all.



That's wide open 1/125 and ISO 800, focused on the bright leaf on the right. Hand held so it isn't as sharp as the lens can deliver. The bokeh is very nice, it's not too fussy and the highlights are very circular.

The clock tower is my usual test for CA / fringing, which is minimal from this lens. The fountain also shows CA badly - the reflections of the bronze colour seem particularly bad. But there's nothing, and it's sharp as well. Both hand held at 1/640





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