The Pentax lens is undoubtedly quite a bit lighter, and of course it gives you all the metering options on a DSLR. I suspect that the Vivitar, like all the early Series 1 lenses, is an all-metal little tank. Probably quite heavy. But there's something to be said for that. I love my Series 1, first version 90/2.5 macro. Paul On Sep 16, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Steve Larson, who used to frequent the list more frequently, had one I > believe. And if my failing memory hasn't let me down, I had a > chance to > use it while we were in Santa Barbara a few years ago. Nice lens, > although > I'd much prefer the SMCP-A 28/2.0 that, for some reason I stupidly > sold a > year or so back. I found the 28/2.0 to be a bit soft at the edges > until > f4.0, but after that quite nice throughout the range. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Paul Stenquist > >> Vivitar built a Series 1 28/1.9 in both screwmount and K-mount. >> Always wanted one. Couldn't afford it new and haven't found a used K >> version. But it's reportedly a superb lens. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
