#Vivitar 70 210 series 1 price serial#
#Vivitar 70 210 series 1 price series#

howenve if you are in a situation where you have to take a handheld shot this extra f-stop may be your ticket. The f2.8 is sort of misleading because the picture quality is just acceptable. this lens is a bit heavy and using it on an n90s the grip is definitely a welcome addition to the camera body. The build of this lens is equal to the nikor.

#Vivitar 70 210 series 1 price series#

(the nikor is a bit better here) however the tradeoff in the overall picture is still a + for the series 1 lens. the vivitar is soft on the edges at 210 but acceptable. The glass is apo and you can definitely tell the difference in color and contrast. which makes it easy to set-up downward shots. I prefer this lens in everyway over my 80-210 nikor. it does tend to seek at low light levels and at both ends of the 70-210 however between 80-180 its great. Im referring to the 70-210 apo series 1 af 62mm (there is an older 67mm lens) Let me first say it isnt the fastest af lens out there. There are better choices out there!įor the price this lens cant be beat. Not for a soccer mom who needs quick shota of kids at an event. Purely out of the excitement of exploring it. Very unique character that would surely be annoying in real world situations.Īs a casual hobbyist I would recommend this lens. You have to turn the focus ring to match up the words 'macro,' click a button near the aperture ring, turn it til it clicks, then you dont have the ability to 'focus' per say but use the push/pull zoom function to focus on objects by distance. The only weird thing is switching to macro mode feels like playing eith transformers.

That being said, if one were to casually take photos of nature, macro, street photos, portraits, it serves fine. You have to look at the aperture ring to see what f-stop you're at, since the camera has no way of knowing and won't say in the display or exif data. If I were to shoot video, I'd be doomed by shakiness and jerks if I tried zooming. It's a push pull zoom, and my copy doesn't move that smoothly. Shallow DOF was fairly smooth bc of the long focal length.įunction: In real world terms, this lens is mighty difficult to use for sports, kids, etc. Shot at f/8 and f/11 with super nice clarity. At f/3.5 it's sharp enough, def not soft. Takes high quality, contrasty, well saturated photos.

Takes a little bit of effort but at least it doesn't suffer from lens creep. The focus ring itself is fairly smooth to adjust but the push pull zoom is rather tough to move. Metal build, with a metal tab on the aperture ring. It has kind of a classic pro-hobbyist telephoto look iconic of 80s outdoor photographers. Call it vintage or a classic, whatever.īuild: Solid, longish, 67mm thread, not as wide or heavy as a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8, yrt still weighty and big.

#Vivitar 70 210 series 1 price serial#

Judging by the serial number, it's likely from the mid 80s. Mine is the first version, made by Kiron optics, which spanned from the 70s to 80s in production. I plan to use the lens more extensively and keep updating the thread with any shots worth sharing.This lens is often described as a gem because people dont know about it & pass it up. No PP, straight from the camera.Īs spring has just started, the weather is still mostly overcast and boring. Here are a few test shots, stopped down one stop (being a variable-aperture zoom, I don´t quite know the exact aperture, wide open always says 2.8 on the lens, for instance). It has eight aperture blades (vs six for the Version 1) and is supposedly the sharpest version. It also focuses pretty close (1:2.5), but without having to do anything special to the lens. The Version 3, made by Komine, feels much smaller.

I haven´t used it much, because of its size. This changes the lens to focus with the zoom (pushing/pulling the focusing grip) and gives 1:2.2 reproduction, so fairly close to the 1:2 macro lenses widely available. It has a cool macro feature, where you put the lens at 210 mm and turn the barrel to align the two yellow 'MACRO' on the barrel. The Version 1 lens, made by Kiron, is really heavy and cumbersome to use on the X-E1, even with an added grip. I own two of them, referred to as versions 1 and 3 in the link above.

A great rundown of the versions is available here: The 70-210 mm lenses are among the most popular lenses from the Vivitar Series 1, and came in severar versions. I saw no other thread nor post about these lenses, so I thought I´d spread the word about them.