At f/4 the colored glow is gone and sharpness increases to very good, where it stays up to f/8. Sharpness at 70 mm f/2.8 is surprisingly good with only slightly soft corners but also a prominent blueish purple glow. Some scratches in the finishing and other small signs of use. Uniform focus with low resistance, acceptably smooth zoom with low to medium breakaway force. Some ultra fine dust particles inside and one tiny scratch in the coating near the center of the front element. The weight also helps reducing camera shake when shooting hand-held and 107 – 320 mm equivalent is a useful range of tele focal lengths. The mount on the NEX actually feels strained by this heavy piece of glass, but I never had any mechanical problems. But because you tend to support the camera by the zoom ring because of the weight, locking focus requires some getting used to. As the zoom does not creep easily, the “one touch” principle works well. The zoom itself requires a low to medium breakaway force which slightly reduces zooming precision in some situations. Handling on a NEX-5T is okay overall, but not terribly good. If you try it at 70 mm, the mechanics have the lens gently zoom in to 100. One little quirk of the lens is, that close focusing for macro work is only possible between 100 and 210 mm. The focus has a low resistance and is smooth. The lens features a solid build at about 0.85 kg and excellent mechanics. If you want to know more about the different revisions, visit Mark Roberts’ site. The second, Tokina-made version (serial 37xxxxxx) has neither the red stripe nor the wings.
#VIVITAR 70 210 MM SERIAL#
You can easily identify the older, first version produced by Kiron by two little wings near the mount and a serial starting with 22. It offers a maximum magnification ratio of 1:2.5 without a dedicated macro function. This is the third version, produced by Komine (serial 28xxxxxx), which features a fine red stripe around the name ring. There are at least five known versions from different manufacturers all sold under the Vivitar brand.
#VIVITAR 70 210 MM SERIES#
The Vivitar (Komine) Series 1 70-210 mm f/2.8-4.0 is an often entitled “legendary” third party zoom produced for different mounts.
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