Another question would be why you are working to find out about lenses
that aren't worth having. Ever wonder why Osawa disappeared without
leaving positive stories about their quality? Kiron's been gone for
years, but people still talk about their quality.
Threre are so many decent lenses available at good prices from the prime
third party manufacturers, why go looking for anything else. Sure, it's
possible to get a mediocre lens from Tokina, Tamron Kiron, and a bit
more likely from Sigma and Vivitar unless you do a little research on
which is which, but still much less of a crap shoot than with obscure
defunct brands.
The 3rd Party Cult Classics pages may be some help
<http://medfmt.8k.com/third/cult.html>
When you say you have been happy with a Vivitar zoom, are you implying
that it's a mediocre lens, so you don't need anything better? Viv has
made some excellent zooms and some ok ones, but I'm not aware of any
really bad ones.. The early Series 1 lenses are legendary. Opinions vary
on some more recent ones, but I find my plastic Series 1 18-35mm to be
an excellent lens and the only review I've seen of it agrees.
Moose
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