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Oldhand
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 Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:19 pm Post subject: Vivitar 75-205 (Kiron) |
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Oldhand wrote:
The two ring focus/zoom.
Excuse the flowers again - dearth of subject matter in the garden presently.
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Mir
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| Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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Mir wrote:
By the looks of the sun and of your garden, i'm happy to see
that things are fine in your parts of Australia !
Oh... and the 1st one is fine for me !
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
| Mir wrote: |
By the looks of the sun and of your garden, i'm happy to see
that things are fine in your parts of Australia !
Oh... and the 1st one is fine for me ! |
Thanks.
It is very hot here and tinder dry. The pics were taken early this morning.
No bushfires here at present but we had one close by last week.
I have family in the Blue Mountains and they are very anxious at the moment.
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drjs
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drjs wrote:
This is made by Kiron. I have the two touch 70-150 baby brother version made by Komine. Absolutely fantastic build, sharpness and color. These Vivitar lenses are superb instruments.
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
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| This is made by Kiron. I have the two touch 70-150 baby brother version made by Komine. Absolutely fantastic build, sharpness and color. These Vivitar lenses are superb instruments. |
Yes, they are extremely well made.
Kiron also made a 70-150 f3.8 as well as an 85-205 f3.8.
All are two touch zooms and perform very nicely as well.
Thanks for your input - I was unaware of the Komine version.
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drjs
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:26 am Post subject: |
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drjs wrote:
| Oldhand wrote: |
| drjs wrote: |
| This is made by Kiron. I have the two touch 70-150 baby brother version made by Komine. Absolutely fantastic build, sharpness and color. These Vivitar lenses are superb instruments. |
Yes, they are extremely well made.
Kiron also made a 70-150 f3.8 as well as an 85-205 f3.8.
All are two touch zooms and perform very nicely as well.
Thanks for your input - I was unaware of the Komine version.
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Kiron starts with 22 and Komin starts with 28 on serial numbers. I will post some pics tomorrow. 
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Oldhand
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Oldhand wrote:
Here are the Vivitar/Kiron two touch zooms. All have serial numbers 22XXXXXX.
I am looking forward to seeing how similar the Komine might be.
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drjs
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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drjs wrote:
| Oldhand wrote: |
Here are the Vivitar/Kiron two touch zooms. All have serial numbers 22XXXXXX.
I am looking forward to seeing how similar the Komine might be.
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My bad. It would seem that mine is also made by Kiron. It is one touch instead of two. I must have this confused with my 135 2.8 which is made by Komine.
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Oldhand
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Oldhand wrote:
That is a sweet looking lens.
I have not seen one of these before.
Thanks for posting it.
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alaios
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alaios wrote:
Hi,
which of the three lenses do you find to have better quality? I can see from the shots that the 70-150 has a focus distance of 0.9 meters. Is this performance consistent across the focal range?
Now lets compare that with a modern lens like the SEL55210
http://www.photozone.de/sony_nex/729-sony55210f4563nex
there is written that
min. focus distance 1 m (max. magnification ratio 1:4.4)
(does it also mean that it focus always at 1m regardless of the focal lenth?)
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
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Hi,
which of the three lenses do you find to have better quality? I can see from the shots that the 70-150 has a focus distance of 0.9 meters. Is this performance consistent across the focal range?
Now lets compare that with a modern lens like the SEL55210
http://www.photozone.de/sony_nex/729-sony55210f4563nex
there is written that
min. focus distance 1 m (max. magnification ratio 1:4.4)
(does it also mean that it focus always at 1m regardless of the focal lenth?)
Regards
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I can only comment on the two touch zooms as I do not have the other example.
All three lenses show very similar results to my eye and I would find it hard to rank them in performance.
The 70-150 is smaller and lighter, so easier to use.
I do not know the Sony lens so cannot comment. I would expect it to be better, but the reviewer gave it only fair marks for optical quality - it still may be better than the Vivitars as the sensor on the camera would be very demanding of its lenses.
Finally, the two touch zooms focus down to around 1-1.5 metres in their normal zoom range (70-150 etc) but the zoom ring rotates past the 70 mark for close focus - and then they can focus more closely. The zoom ring can no longer be used at this setting - it remains fixed in the close focus position. Move the camera and lens in and out to the subject for focus and composition.
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invisible
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invisible wrote:
This is my go-to lens for focal lengths higher than 70mm. Tanks in some countries are not built as solid as this lens -- lots of metal and lots of great glass were used by Kiron. Reasonably fast, a joy to handle, and a perfect mix of sharpness, bokeh and colour in a fairly-priced unit. |
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wiseman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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wiseman wrote:
I have the Vivitar 70-150mm f3.8 Close Focusing Auto Zoom in two ring design. The serial number begins 37XXXXX and thus I believe it is made by TOKINA. It has a TX adapter mount. It looks somewhat similar to the Kiron but has only two rings of rubber texture grip. There is a 6 blade aperture with only full stops between f3.8 and f22. Close focus available only at the 70mm focal length.
I also have a Ricoh "XR Rikenon Zoom 1:4 70-150mm Macro". They are very similar except for the f3.8 vs f4.0 and the Rikenon has an 8 blade aperture. I like the feel and look of the Rikenon over the Vivitar but I have not compared the image qualities. |
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
Yes, Tokina has produced some fine lenses over the years.
Here is a link to some discussion of the Vivitar 70-150 in several guises:
http://forum.mflenses.com/vivitar-70-150mm-f3-8-macro-focusing-t58000,highlight,%2Bvivitar+%2B70.html
Cheers
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wiseman
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wiseman wrote:
Thanks for the link OH, very good info.
Best Regards,
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