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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…?
