I have the 90/2.5 S1 lens in K-mount. Other macros have come and gone, but I've kept the Series 1. It's truly superb. Because focusing manually is a prerequisite when shooting macro, I consider this lens the ultimate macro tool for the money. Paul On Mar 7, 2010, at 4:50 PM, CheekyGeek wrote:
> Came home from a visit with my Dad in an Omaha hospital yesterday with > a bit of extra cargo. A lens I never thought I'd get the chance to > own: Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 Macro (otherwise known as the Bokina). > Got it in a K-mount (along with the matching 1:1 converter) and also a > genuine Pentax M42 adapter for the grand total of $140. It happened to > show up on Craigslist a few days before and I was happy to find it > still available when I got there on Friday. As it turns out the lens > was literally 6 blocks away from the hospital that my dad was in. It > is a gorgeous lens and I'll share some pictures of it (and with it in > coming days). I bought it from the original owner and have the > original manual and registration card, dated March 10, 1981. > > I'm also wanting to do some 1:2 and portrait side-by-side comparison > shots with it and the Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 macro that I got a couple of > weeks ago. (I don't have the 1:1 adapter for the Tamron. Maybe those > comparioson will be useful to someone. > > The guy also had a SMC K 500mm f4.5 with original case that could only > be fairly described as MINT. That is a BIG lens with an objective lens > nearly the size of a SAUCER. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, NE > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
