Steve rainwater provides a very nice historical account of the genesis of the first vivitar series 1 lens, while boggy has made a collection of instruction manuals for vivitar lenses available on his website. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Deciphering vivitar serial numbers this coding system is for all vivitar series 1. Probably not as good as a prime, but only slightly worse since its only a 2x zoom. In the words of modern photographys test of june 1978, the combined abilities and quality of image of this vivitar series 1. The series 1 vivitar 2448 isnt to bad,actually all the series 1 vivitar zooms from the late 70s to early 80s shoot fairly well. Vivitar series 1 lenses this thread seems to have come back to life. This set of pictures all show the world famous ironbridge, or a part of the bridge, but the bridge is not the focus of the picture. This is also the first time that i have used flash for anything macro. So, in this case i shall start shooting against my vivitar series 1 2448 mm f3. Overall this lens provides better than average optical performance compared to many similar oem lenses of. These can be official brochures with technical data, service manuals, press releases, user manuals, etc.
Kuzma 257 view pdf 1,28 mb optical design vivitar series 1 2470 mm f 3. There seems to be only one mention of this lens on mflenses forum and that was in comparison with the viv s1 2470. Nikon ai mount vivitar series 1 2448mm full frame wide angle zoom in excellent condition. Like many vivitar lenses, it was made for vivitar by fourth parties, and its design varied over the years. For your device is available official mobile app all photo lenses from. Most of the vivitar series 1 lenses are as good or better than some of the lenses made by the big camera makers and some are not. Lloyd has spoken highly of this lens many times, and when one came my way in fd. Ive owned all the 70210mm series 1 lenses except the very last. Vivitar had contracts with different companies for their series 1 line lenses. A very wide angle to normal zoom lens which is notable for being extremely compact yet offering very good optical performance. Both these lens are susceptible to flare due to the large front. Olympus om sony emount adapter w vivitar series 1 70210mm f3. Diffraction seems to kick in at f 11, but id need to do more shooting with the lens to confirm.
An awesome member of our community made this guide. It performs fairly well compared to he following canon fd lenses which i also own. A very good performing lens, quite a lot better than the nikkor 2004. Download it and you will be able to work with the lens database is much faster and easier. The vivitar 70210mm series 1 is the classic of classics of thirdparty lenses. The series 1 lenses created serious competition on the lens market for such a big companies as canon, olympus, nikon, minolta and even such famous optics manufacturers as carl zeiss and leitz.
What are the best and worst of vivitar and series 1 lenses. Repairing a stucked aperture on vivitar series 1 28300mm camera lens. Taken from mark roberts website, heres how you can decipher your serial number. The lens is well built, performs well, and is one of the original cult classic vivitar series one lenses. I have all the vivitar series 1 lenses from the mid 80s except the one that i had in question, ive yet to give it a test drive, ill keep you gentlemen informed on how it turns out, if it is anything as good as the other series 1 s that i have and its on par with the other canon fds that i have which i have many, as you say. The series 1 2470 is cosina made not necessarily a bad thing. Repairing a stucked aperture on vivitar series 1 28300mm camera lens 9 steps. I like it as much as either of the 70210 series 1 s that ive had versions 2 and 3.
As an ai lens it should work fine in aperture priority and manual modes. Im trying to show the bridge in its surroundings, and how. Get the best deals on vivitar series 1 when you shop the largest online selection at. I bought a s1 2448 off ebay last year, and it had this problem. This is not the later model which came in various camera mounts. Get the best deals on vivitar manual camera lens for canon when you shop the largest online selection at. Berlin treptower hafen panorama berlin treptow harbou. New listing vivitar series 1 4element 2x5 teleconverter lens for canon and 50mm 1. Determines how large the subject will appear in the final image. Vivitar series 1 90mm lba post jan 14, 2006 got a vivitar series 1 90mm with matching 1. Apocryphal data suggests this version was made by kino precision kiron in december, 1978. It has minolta md mount and will fit older minolta x series and srt series film cameras. So here is a thread dedicated to the 2448 on its own.
Vivitar manual camera lens for canon for sale ebay. Repairing a stucked aperture on vivitar series 1 28300mm. Vivitar came out with series 1 line of lenses in 1975 that was designed to compete with any highend lens on the market. Vivitar was the first company to announce macro lenses with a variable focal distance vivitar series 1 70210mm f3. Save vivitar 2448mm to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Shop 42nd street photo online 247 or visit our new york city camera store for the best prices on digital cameras, camcorders, audio and video electronics.
Berlin treptower hafen panorama berlin treptow harbour panoramics 3 shots with adapted vivitar series 1 2448 mm 1. You want the superb series 1 2448 model kiron made. One of the early and legendary series one vivitar designs real series one quality, before they became just a badge for boughtin optics. Groups for inspiration and financial assistance options for photographers. Moreover, if you are looking for bargains among third party legacy lenses, you might also want to check out the compendiums of, respectively, soligor and tamron adaptall. This lens still amazes me with its performance on both digital and film. In this section you can view and add various pdf files for the lenses in our database. Im not certain how old this lens is is it one of the old 1970s series one lenses, when vivitar really meant something.
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