Most of the talk about Vivitar Series 1 lenses is centered around the great
lenses that were made under the Vivitar name during the late 70's and early
80's. Most were make by Kiron, I believe.
The recent crop of S/1 lenses aren't up to the daring designs that
characterized the first generation.
Aso, I don't think that ANY of the early Series 1 lenses are not very
clearly marked.
Here's the original list:
24-48mm f3.8 zoom
35-85mm f2.8 zoom
70-210mm f3.5 zoom
90-180mm f/4.5 zoom (flat field)
28mm f1.9 prime
90mm f2.5 Macro prime with 1:1 converter
135mm f2.3 prime
200mm f3 prime
600mm f8 mirror
(solid cat)
800mm f/11 mirror
(solid cat)
Look here for more details and comments:
http://people.smu.edu/rmonagha/third/cult.html#vivitar
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From: "Timpe, Jim" <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: "'olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [OM] Re: Vivitar Series 1
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:54:46 -0800
Almost without exception, a series I will say so somewhere on the lens. As
has been mentioned previously, though, there are Viv series I lenses, and
then there are series I lenses..............................
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Dougherty [mailto:davdou@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 1:52 PM
To: OLYMPUS
Subject: [OM] Re: Vivitar Series 1
How does one know that a Vivitar lens is "Series 1"? Does it say so on the
lens? Or, are there certain focal lengths/f-stop combinations that define
the issue?
Dave Dougherty
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