Warren,
Do you find that the Vivitar S-1's varifocal characteristics a problem? I
thought I remembered that lens being a varifocal design.
Skip
At 5/24/99 12:50 AM -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 99-05-21 21:40:32 EDT, you write:
>
>At the present time I have both and find them equal in casual shooting. Both
>use 55mm filters. Supposedly the f 3.6 version has higher resolution but I
>haven't found that to be true. My f 3.6 had some type of flare around high
>intensity objects but I can't say that this isn't true also of the f 4. The
>f 3.6 is probably built mechanically up to higher standards as the aperture
>has a ball bearing raceway that allegedly has hundreds of ball bearings in
>it. My present favorite is the 35-85 VIvitar Series 1.
>
>Warren
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