You can also generally tell by the fact that they weigh twice as much as
most other lens in their class.
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Jon Wichman wrote:
>
> They are most definately marked!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don" <dong357@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:14 PM
> Subject: [OM] Vivitar series 1
>
> > I have three Vivitar lenses for my Olympus OM equipment. A 28 mm f2.8, a
> > 75-260 f4.5 zoom, and a 75-205 f3.8~4.8 MC macro zoom. I have seen on the
> > list that the series 1 Vivitars are the best and even come close to Zuiko
> > in performance.
> >
> > How can one tell if a Vivitar lens is a series 1? There is nothing marked
> > on my lenses to indicate one way or another. Are the series 1's marked,
> or
> > does one just have to know?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Don Gaikins
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