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RE: [OM] Vivitar 28mm 1:2.0 MC Close Focus Wide Angle

Subject: RE: [OM] Vivitar 28mm 1:2.0 MC Close Focus Wide Angle
From: "Harridge, Wayne" <Wayne.Harridge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:11:29 +0800
Time wrote:

>             I bought one (broken) off a list member a while 
> back and repaired 
> it so am fairly intimately familiar with it's construction, 
> since I stripped 
> it right down. I believe there are actually at least two 
> versions of the lens 
> with the more recent one being better. I have not had a 
> chance too use it so 
> I cannot comment on image quality. It is a floating element 
> design similar to 
> the OM 24mm F2 lens, so should have improved close up 
> performance. The 
> multicoating has really garish color reflections and the mechanical 

The one I have looks to have reflections similar to MC Zuikos, though the
green might be a bit stronger.

> construction is not up to OM standards although the focus 
> mechanism is very 
> solid.

It certainly feels smooth and solid.

Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/ 

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