Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!reed!rafe From: rafe@reed.UUCP (Needleman) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: good 70-210 zoom? Message-ID: <730@reed.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 17:09:28 EST Article-I.D.: reed.730 Posted: Tue Nov 27 17:09:28 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:49:10 EST References: <1433@ihuxl.UUCP> <4628@fortune.UUCP> <802@ihuxk.UUCP> Reply-To: rafe@reed.UUCP (Rafe Needleman, Reed College) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 26 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. ...!tektronix!reed!rafe