| Latest Review Posted | Vivitar (Komine 28xxxx) Auto Telephoto 200mm F3.5
I don't find this lens heavy as others seem to, I would say more 'sturdy' or solid. It's really nicely built, feels nice in hand, very smooth focus ring. It does extend quite a bit when focusing closer, but it's actually very tidy and short for a 200mm 3.5 when focused to infinity.
It's not great wide open, certainly not sharp - terrible purple and blue fringing, low contrast and a hazy glow to images - BUT, stopped down to 5.6 things improve drastically, and it's tack sharp at F8. Just consider it more a 200 5.6, ignore the 3.5 for all but artsy images where you're not concerned on the sharpness or contrast and you'll get along much better with it. In good light, as with many of these old tele lenses, it's fine - not very good for low light
If you can get a nice copy cheap, then why not, just be aware of it's limitations
I find the bokeh pleasant, it's not busy or distracting, nice and smooth. Images from this lens really only come alive with some PP, they get much punchier with a kick of contrast and clarity, keep any sharpening to minimum. After some careful PP images have lovely vibrance. There are certainly much better 200mm offerings, but if you only plan to shoot 5.6+ then you could do a lot worse for the money.
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