Hi,
[snip]
> I was browzing the evil one the other night and noticed a Series 1 lens
> whose owner claimed:
>
> THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW THE GREAT OPTICS OF VIVITAR LENSES PROBABLY
> KNOW THAT THOSE SERIAL NUMBERS STARTING WITH FIRST TWO DIGITS BEING 22
> WERE THE BEST..MADE FOR VIVITAR (WHO WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER BUT RATHER A
> DISTRIBUTOR) IN JAPAN BY KIRON TO RIGID SPECIFICATIONS.. NOT THE
> INFERIOR KOREAN ONES MADE IN THE SAME ERA.
>
> Has anyone else heard of this?. I have read Robert Monaghan's site a
> bit and had not seen this there.
Sounds like massive B*llshit. Oh, let's have a look at mine...
[grabbing the lens, removing the cap, reading]
..oh! S.N starts with 22!
What now? Is this a myth or a selling trick?
Bernd
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