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From: rafe@reed.UUCP (Needleman)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: good 70-210 zoom?
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 17:09:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 17:09:28 1984
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Reply-To: rafe@reed.UUCP (Rafe Needleman, Reed College)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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Summary: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 


[munch munch]


Re: The Vivitar Series 1  70-210 f3.5 Zoom.

I have one of these (the second version, which focuses down to 1:4 and is 
somewhat smaller than the first), and although it's optically OK, there
are some things about it that have always bugged me:

1) The front of the lens rotates when you change focus.

2) Ever since I've had the lens (more than two years now, I think), the zoom
   collar has slipped when the lens is pointed up or down.  It doesn't go
   "clunk" and shake  the whole rig to bits like some cheaper lenses do, 
   it just slowly creeps up or down.  Most annoying when shooting still-lifes
   or other static things.

3) Lens flare (at all f-stops) is pretty bad.

On the other hand, I got it cheap, and it does what I want with no fuss 90%
of the time.


- Rafe.
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