| Latest Review Posted | Cosina ( Vivitar ) Macro ----- 28-210mm F3.5-5.6
I got this lens from a sidewalk seller who is a photographer, therefore the condition was pretty good (it had no haze or fungus).
Price was $20 and was a Pentax K-Mount.
(Is this possibly a Pentax A type mount, since it has the six dots on the rear mount?).
This the same price I have paid for a couple of other manual 'superzooms' recently.
Due to lack of funds and a healthy interest in older manual lenses I can adapt to the Sony A7III full frame camera, I'm always on the lookout for lenses, specially M42 and Pentax mounts.
The other superzoom I had been using was an 80s(?) Rokinon 35-200mm f/3.8-5.3 with macro function (M42 mount)
This is also utilizes a slide zoom with a click ring to active macro mode (1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/7, 1/10).
The Rokinon (also sold under other brands) was not too bad to use - reasonably sharp at 200mm, not too bad in outdoor low light but much better in bright light. Colors and rendering somewhat vanilla. However its macro mode was actually pretty good, allowing close-ups with nice detail and rendering (oncee I got the hang of it). So I was content that it was an OK carry around lens when I just needed one lens to do everything. The advantage of cameras like the A7III is that you can crank the ISO on the camera without introducing lots of noise, so that if you are using a slow lens you can compensate that way.
When I saw the Vivitar I was in two minds about getting it but since it covered 28-210mm and was a K-mount, and the price was only $... |
