Deciphering Vivitar Serial Numbers This coding system is for all Vivitar Series 1 lenses, not just the 70-210, but it is only valid for lenses made from the early 1970's up to around 1990. Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm F2.8-4 Version 3 (komine) reviews and specifications. This is the vaunted version three of Vivitar's Series One 70-210mm lenses. Can be found in PK and PK. This is a Vivitar Zoom lens. Looks like closest focus distance for the 80-200 L is 3.1 feet in macro and approximately 9.5 inches for the Vivitar. The Vivitar is listed as 3 inches from the front element so I added the length of the lens to get approximately 9.5 inches comparing the Canon's distance which is measured from the film plane. FYI, the Vivitar is EE coupled to f16 but aperture goes to f22. That's a lot of difference in minimum focus distance if I'm looking at it correctly. I don't want to be using the 80-200L one day and say, I could have made that shot if only I still had that Vivitar. I suspect the Vivitar is unnecessary because I have the 80-200L and a 50, 90 and 100mm macro lens although the Vivitar sure looks looks like a serious optic. I'm looking for experienced reasons to keep the Vivitar, I don't want to collect lenses, I just want to have lenses that I will use. Tim, the only three FD zooms I ever use are the 20-35/3.5 L, the 35-105/3.5, and the 80-200/4 L. I've had other zooms, both FD and third party, and have ended up getting rid of most them because of lack of use. The IQ of the 80-200/4 L is, as we all know, the best of any FD-mount zoom in its range. ![]() ![]() So all you'll be missing without the Vivitar is closer focusing capability. A great bang-for-the-buck optic. Always useful on a spare beater body and kept in the car/truck for those odd shots that arise tooling around. Also a quality first zoom when you want to assemble a beginner's FD kit for a friend, family member, or youngster. Free paint shop pro. System Requirements For Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 Ultimate Operating System: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 Memory (RAM): 2 GB of RAM required. Hard Disk Space: 1 GB of free space required. Jeff, My 80-200 L was like new but had a broken aperture, I paid $90 as-is. I planned on getting it repaired but when it arrived, the aperture did not work with the macro hood but worked fine on any camera in auto, manual or stopped down (DOF preview). Mark, The 35-105mm f3.5 is a nice lens with a big following, I really like it and have three. Why three.one was cheap with an EF at a pawn shop ($50), two were about six seconds apart on auction and I was sure to get one of them, I got both (can't have too many). Louis, Good idea on building an additional kit for whatever reason. I have been working on that but the long zoom I used is the Canon 70-210 F4. I think I'll shoot the Vivitar some to see what I have. I've never parted with any cameras or lenses anyway except an 85-300 mm f4.5 (about the size of a chunk of firewood). Also in that kit is a 35-105mm f3.5, 28mm f2.8 (wish I had another 24mm f2.8), 50mm f1.4 and a choice of AE-1 or AT-1. And here's the 2.8-4.0 version, probably like you had, it is made by Cosina. I read the IQ is not as good as the Kiron version but I've never compared. The focus works backward which is odd to me. I've never had anything Nikon but I have heard they focus opposite from Canons. If one of these Vivitars has better IQ than the Canon 70-210mm f4.0 I would put it in the kit instead of the Canon. The best ones were version 2 by Tokina (f3.5 max aperture, 62mm filter size) and Version 3 by Komine (f2.8~4 max aperture, 58mm filter size). The later Cosina versions were softer at the long end. BTW, the claim in the Roberts Series 1 page about avoiding the AF lenses is not true. I have an AF version of the 70-210 f2.8 to 4.0 zoom, that was apparently made by Cosina, and it's pretty good. A bit soft at 210mm but pretty darn good at 180mm or less, and stopped down one stop. A quite decent midrange zoom lens for the $99 I spent on it brand new in Nikon AF mount. Certainly competitive in IQ with the much slower Nikkor 55-200 Kit lens. I have all of the first three versions of the 70-210 Series 1 zoom. I've used the Kiron (22xxx) version on a Pentax Digital, and the Tokina and Komine versions on the Canon FD mount. I can't really say which one has better optics, but all seem to be adequate for my needs. The one way that the Komine version stands out is that the barrel of the zoom does not slide when aimed at something other than a horizontal angle.
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