Vivitar 75-205mm f/3.8

[robar]

inneyeseakay wrote:

Well, can't wait to see what this thing will do. I gota MINT Pentax ME Super, M 50mm f/1.7, Vivitar 75-205 f/3.8 (w/matched 2x) all for $61 shipped. I don't think I did too bad.

nick,
that's a really good deal. do you know the serial # of the viv ?
i'm sure you'll like it.

roy

[inneyeseakay]

Not yet... I won't know until I get it hopefully on wednesday, thursday at the latest. Why do you ask?

[bigdawg]

inneyeseakay wrote:

Not yet... I won't know until I get it hopefully on wednesday, thursday at the latest. Why do you ask?

Inn the serial no. will tell who made it and when.

Dawg

[inneyeseakay]

...and where do I find that info for myself?

[bigdawg]

inneyeseakay wrote:

...and where do I find that info for myself?

Here it is for the Series 1 lenses.

http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm

And here as well for other Vivitar lenses.

http://www.cameraquest.com/VivLensManuf.htm

Dawg

[robar]

bigdawg wrote:

inneyeseakay wrote:

...and where do I find that info for myself?

Here it is for the Series 1 lenses.

http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm

And here as well for other Vivitar lenses.

http://www.cameraquest.com/VivLensManuf.htm

Dawg

dawg, that's a totally different lens. the s1 70-210 is in a class of it's own. the 75-205 is not a s1 lens.

roy

[bigdawg]

robar wrote:

bigdawg wrote:

dawg, that's a totally different lens. the s1 70-210 is in a class of it's own. the 75-205 is not a s1 lens.

roy

I know that Roy but Vivitar used the same number system for all their lenses between 1970 and 1990. Here is a quote from the Camera Quest site.

So how do you know which factory really made which Vivitar lens? A former Vivitar executive provided this info. Vivitar used this lens numbering coding system from about 1970 to 1990, for ALL their 35mm lenses. As personnel changed with the sale of the company, older lens suppliers probably continued this number system for an undetermined time after 1990, however the newer lens suppliers did NOT use it. If your lens does not match this numbering system, it was manufactured either before 1970, or after this numbering system was discarded under new corporate ownership circa 1990.

Dawg

[robar]

dawg,

i've been using that site for years. it's very infomative.

[bigdawg]

robar wrote:

dawg,

i've been using that site for tears. it's very infomative.

I found it from a post here...May have been you. And it is very informative indeed.


Dawg

[inneyeseakay]

It's the Kiron, I justposted some of the first shots from it in the DSLR forums! Check 'em out!