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luisalegria
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 Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:09 am Post subject: A very odd Vivitar |
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luisalegria wrote:
See here -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Auto-Vivitar-200mm-f3-5-Prime-for-Pentax-M42-Minty_W0QQitemZ180263893710QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180263893710&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318
OK, this one is a mystery. This is the first of these I've seen, so they can't be common. The serial number begins with "20", which isn't in the well-known Vivitar series.
It doesn't look like any of the typical Vivitars of the time (I'm guessing late 1960's-early 1970's). It certainly looks nothing like the Tokinas that they also sold, with the exception of the characteristic Vivitar simple knurling on the focus ring. This may be pre-1970, so its an extremely early automatic lens for Vivitar.
The styling looks like the Yashinon-DX or Sun Optics of the late 1960's.
Does anybody have something like this ?
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
I've just noticed that the JCII sticker on this is dated "75".
Many of the later stickers gave pass dates, and I suppose this is one of them. So this lens is pretty certainly from 1975.
It just adds to the weirdness though.
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Attila
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
This one is in good shape really and pretty rare , first one what I seen.
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Nesster wrote:
Never seen one like that from Vivitar. It reminds me a bit of the silver stripe Yashinon DX's.
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
Remind me for Beroflex and some old Tamron.
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Screamin Scott
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Screamin Scott wrote:
I ran this past a friend who knows a lot about Vivitar lenses...Here was his response...
Scott
Looks to be the OLD Kiron-Panagor made model.
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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...
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
Wow! Should be a great lens!
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
Thank you Scott !
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