The Vivtar is big and heavy, but I do like the feel of it.
I do not normally carry it in my walking around bag, but I decided to just
for the pleasure of using the lens.
It is a bit slow to use, being manual focus, and as a screwmount I use stop
down metering (ask your dad about that term ). The result is the excesive
clutter in the background that Rick pointed out. I still like the image
despite its imperfections.
It is a small ferry, we do have smaller ones, and much bigger ones as well.
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "frank theriault" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: PESO: Ferry Emmalisa
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
One of Hobarts's older harbor ferries heading to the dock.
K10D Vivitar Series 1 35-85 f2.8 Varifocal lens. This is one of their
Classic Series 1 lens from the 1970s. This one is screw mount but works
fine on Av setting on Pentax DSLRs.
http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/Emmalisa.htm
I've got that lens! Used it far more for film than on my *istD - the
range just isn't that large for how big and heavy the lens is. I
guess real glass and metal do that to ya. Fast is nice and all, but
now that I can switch ISOs "on the fly" the price for such weight
isn't worth it. Still a worthwhile lens for low-light shooting where
a flash won't do.
But I digress...
Nice shot. Colours really stand out. That's a small ferry, isn't it?
cheers,
frank
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