Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Henning, Great info on the Series One Vivitar. While I never used a Vivitar lens I would always read about them in Modern and Pop photo. But I never heard about the 90-180mm flat-field. It must have been pretty special and a little on the rare side. Impressive. The rust colored lily to me was a little special to me as well, as I've never seen it before. I'll have to look back through my old photos to be sure. Thanks for looking and for your very interesting comments. Len On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: >> A full frame, un-cropped, blossom photo taken with the D700 and >> 70-180mm micro-Nikkor. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Longwood/Red.jpg.html> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/8kw6fn >> >> And here is a link describing this hard to find lens. >> >> <http://www.momentcorp.com/review/nikkor_70-180mm.html> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/94vyo3 >> >> Len >> > > Hi Len, > > I love the colour of the lilies; I've seen that rust colour and > it's very special. > > The write-up is interesting since I had a chance to use one of > those lenses for a while some years ago when it was in production. > There was another macro-zoom, the Vivitar 90-180mm Flat Field, with > somewhat lesser specs but also outstandingly sharp, but rather > large and heavy. It was made by Kiron, as were most of Vivitar's > best lenses. > > http://www.mflenses.com/index.php/Vivitar/Vivitar-90-180mm-flat- > field-f4.5-Lens-Review.html > > http://tinyurl.com/a467b2 > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information