Art -
I have a 24mm Vivitar (which the unfailingly generous Doug Herr passed along for a song) which I like quite a bit. I should qualify this by saying that I only use it stopped down with high speed film but I find it to be relatively flare free with very little distortion (which as you may remember from one of our previous exchanges can be kindof a "thing" with me). Definition is surprisingly good all the way out, but the color balance isn't quite what I'm accustomed to with R glass.
Unfortunately I don't have a DSLR to test its digital mettle on.
Incidently, I can still lay claim to the better part of a year's worth of claiming to be underqualified for your stated demographic...
I'll post some snaps from this lens later in the week.
Bob Palmieri
On Feb 13, 2005, at 11:50 AM, NATSTEK@xxxxxxx wrote:
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<x-tad-bigger>Here is a challenge for those of us "Moldy Oldies", (Over 50'ers).</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Does anyone have access to some of the older wide angle, (ie., 24mm, 28mm) and tele, (135mm & up), such as the T-4 & TX mount Vivitars, Soligors & Ansanuma (Tamron) lenses from the late 60's,70's & early 80's? These mounts pre-dated the Tamron adaptall & adaptall2 lenses, but I found that they were quite good for their time.</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>They may do a fair-to-good job on digital bodies.</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Any thoughts on this? The lenses are extremely cheap and still relatively easy to find.</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Art Tafil</x-tad-bigger>
