Originally posted by ryan s Hmm...has anyone taken the Polar plunge yet? (Pun halfway intended
) On 3 forums I frequent, no one has bought it at least that I've seen.
It's got the asph element so it shouldn't be terrible...I'd just expect some aberrations and possibly soft wide open...
I'd loveeee to see Vivitar back with some good lenses, just like back in the day...made by good manufacturers for a decent price.
I'm a pretty adventurous guy. I'll try that Polar, but it's nowhere near available in my neck of the woods.
I'd also be thrilled to have Vivitar back in the lens game. Having more third-party brands (like in times past) would be great.
Originally posted by kenyee yep, that's where we covered the the Vivitar Series 1 line is going to be revived as well.
The images don't look bad at all.
I'm sorry, didn't know this was old news. But I guess this is the first official announcement Sakar has made about the revival of the brand.
I'm okay with the images, too, since I'm assuming someone else could coax better photos (properly exposed and all) out of it.
Originally posted by Buddha Jones OK, I remember that lens and that thread. I am used toe the VIVS1 line being of metal construction, but it is what it is. Lets see what some reviews have to say about it.
It would be a hoot if Sakar made the construction to be metal, but at the low prices they're throwing out, I doubt that'll be the case.
I won't complain if they made the lenses high-quality, metal construction, but manual focus only. I figure that if I'm gonna use a mirror lens or an 85 1.4, I'd be manually focusing it anyway. A guy can dream.