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Archive 2009Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
p.2 #1Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
---XR--- wrote:
your aware that cropped frame does not affect aperture size correct?
oh crap, not the dof on cp vs ff again. Getting the p-corn ready
Mark Kenfield wrote
Gorgeous photos, that's a real 200mm f/2 for DX cameras!oh crap, not the dof on cp vs ff again. Getting the p-corn ready
Nov 23, 2009 at 10:18 PM
p.2 #2Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Was this a Series I lens? I recall one of their ads for Series I showed a guy holding a safety deposit box in a bank filled with these lenses, suggesting they were good investments. I suppose in the case of this optic, that could be true, but most of the lenses from that series have been forgotten. I once had a 200 f/3, was either Vivitar or Soligor, and it was awful.
This is very nice, however.
I wish I'd kept my old Spiratone 85 f/1.8. I wonder how it would be on an FX body.
This is very nice, however.
I wish I'd kept my old Spiratone 85 f/1.8. I wonder how it would be on an FX body.
Nov 25, 2009 at 08:23 AM
p.2 #3Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Carl,
The Vivitar 135/1.5 sold for $390 in 1968. That's $2,400 in today's dollars. Good lenses were very expensive back then and nearly none of them held that high value through the years. Btw, I have two copies of the Vivitar 200/3 and both are superb. The Vivitar 200/3.5 is also very good. You might be thinking of the Soligor 200/3.5, which was a so-so lens. Or you might just had a 'bad' copy.
The Vivitar 135/1.5 sold for $390 in 1968. That's $2,400 in today's dollars. Good lenses were very expensive back then and nearly none of them held that high value through the years. Btw, I have two copies of the Vivitar 200/3 and both are superb. The Vivitar 200/3.5 is also very good. You might be thinking of the Soligor 200/3.5, which was a so-so lens. Or you might just had a 'bad' copy.
Nov 25, 2009 at 10:26 AM
p.2 #4Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Well, a copy of this 135/1.5 went for under $500 this year on a astrophotography forum. There just aren't enough around to have a good feeling for the market price.
Nov 25, 2009 at 04:22 PM
p.2 #5Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
This makes my 135 1.8 look slow 
Jul 09, 2010 at 05:59 AM
p.2 #6Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
TWoK wrote:
Well, a copy of this 135/1.5 went for under $500 this year on a astrophotography forum. There just aren't enough around to have a good feeling for the market price.
at that price i'd defiently buy one out of curiousity, though if in fact there are 30 of these lenses, that's an unbelieveably cheap price.
Well, a copy of this 135/1.5 went for under $500 this year on a astrophotography forum. There just aren't enough around to have a good feeling for the market price.
at that price i'd defiently buy one out of curiousity, though if in fact there are 30 of these lenses, that's an unbelieveably cheap price.
Jul 09, 2010 at 06:15 AM
p.2 #7Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
I would also pick one up for $500! Got my Sigmatel for $250, but that one is f/1.8 after all.
Jul 09, 2010 at 06:19 AM
p.2 #8Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Kudos to the lens techs. Keep in touch with them. In the day (middle 60's) my vivitars fell apart.
Jul 09, 2010 at 09:17 AM
p.2 #9Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
I saw one of these on eBay a few years back go for about $700 (US). I should have bid on it but I was shooting a D50 at the time and I would have needed to get the lens converted to AI. It wasn't a Vivitar but some other off brand all made by the same place.
Jul 09, 2010 at 09:35 AM
p.2 #10Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
we got one here for sale locally as well. only 1050 CAN 
i may go take a look at that 2KG monster
i may go take a look at that 2KG monster
Jul 09, 2010 at 06:21 PM
p.2 #11Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Way to make me feel like crap for having only a 135mm f/1.8 
Jul 10, 2010 at 06:13 AM
p.2 #12Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Give me the serial # and a better snap of it, and I'll give you its designer and maker.
Kiron Kid
Kiron Kid
Aug 06, 2010 at 11:22 PM
p.2 #13Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Its not so contrasty. will retest also with film. one day. have now optixpcb-m42-adapter with newest v7-chip must program it first.
reg. optixpcb-ADAPTERS not the chip:
dont ever think about getting the contax/yashica-EOS-version none of the two cheaper or more expensive one. i have highprecision: biggest chunk. i have a similar copy, same junk design, unable to hold the lenses. shear lottery which lens is fitting or not.
you will lose your zeiss-lenses. report about alternatives will follow when time is ripe.
reg. optixpcb-ADAPTERS not the chip:
dont ever think about getting the contax/yashica-EOS-version none of the two cheaper or more expensive one. i have highprecision: biggest chunk. i have a similar copy, same junk design, unable to hold the lenses. shear lottery which lens is fitting or not.
you will lose your zeiss-lenses. report about alternatives will follow when time is ripe.
Feb 13, 2016 at 06:06 AM
p.2 #14Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
That was the biggest bump I have ever seen...
Feb 14, 2016 at 03:45 AM
p.2 #16Vivitar 135mm f/1.5 + Nikon D3 samples!
Looks like KEH has one "With T-Mount for Canon." Only listed on fleabay, and not their website, for some reason. If it is T-mount, should be possible to use on Nikon with an adapter, I think…?
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Feb 14, 2016 at 11:54 AM