Hi Chris,
thanks a lot for the valuable information. I am interested in sharpness,
however, so I have to reconsider the Vivitar. One thing that also concerns me
is the price. The shop wants more than the 130 £ for the MF version, and the
price was 20% more before. I know prices are higher in Denmark, but I think I
have a good argument for the seller here.
Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barker" <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Vivitar Series 1 19-35: a good buy?
> Bernd
>
> As luck would have it, Amateur Photographer in the UK has just
> carried out a test of several wideangle zooms, including the Vivitar
> Series 1 19-35 f/3.5-4.5. It costs £130 (the AF version at least)
> and AP had the following to say"
>
> "The Vivitar struggled to come up with the goods and is not the
> sharpest lens in the world. that said, for small prints you could do
> worse. Vignetting was fairly severe at wide open apertures, by
> modern standards, and was still visible atf/8. Like the Cosina there
> was distortion present at 19mm, but this iw the way with wideangle
> lenses. The Vivitar fared better on the colour and contrast front,
> with excellent neutral colour and punchy contrast that still
> maintained good shadow and highlight detail. Not full marks for the
> Vivitar, but £130 is a great price."
>
> ... sooo, good contrast, good colours ... but it says in a separate
> part that it has poor definition and sharpness.
>
> You get what you pay for I suppose.
>
> I hope that this helps.
>
> Chris
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Recently I saw a Vivitar Series 1 19-35mm with OM mount for sale at
> >a shop around here. It is new, and after visiting the Vivitar
> >website I found that it is still being produced.
> >
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