My only Vivitar-branded lens is an FD-mount 70-300mm f/4.5-5.3. If the code list is accurate, mine is a Kobori. It's a push/pull that suffers from what I call "zoom drift" under the force of gravity. But I've captured some very nice images with it over the 40 years I've owned it.
@@robertfuchs2274 Mine's quite loose, but I've added a strip of gaff tape to the barrel opposite the markings, and that helps a lot. Of course it makes the focus throw a bit tight as well.
Fortunately, I found a hack for fixing zoom creep on these vintage zoom lenses. I have a 1987 Canon EF 70-210mm f/3.5-5.4 AF USM (beautiful lens, BTW) whose only problem was that the barrel immediately swooshed out to 210mm as if it's on a rail as soon as you tilt the camera more than 20 degrees downward. So as an experiment, I wrapped a single strip of electrical tape around the very end of the barrel. It perfectly keeps the lens in place and doesn't interfere with the autofocus at all except right at 70mm, and for that all you have to do is AF at 72mm where the tape ends and then tweak it with the full-time MF. For MF lenses, you won't even have to worry about that last bit. :)
I'm excited for some seriously cool soap bubble bokeh from the one I just picked up on eBay. I also recently bought the 6th and latest version of the Vivitar 70-210mm f/2.8-4 *autofocus* lens and the 28-105mm f/2.8-3.8 manual lenses. I can't wait to try these out. I have several tack sharp Canon and Sigma Art lenses for standard use, but the warmth, backgrounds, and colors of these look really awesome.
My only Vivitar-branded lens is an FD-mount 70-300mm f/4.5-5.3. If the code list is accurate, mine is a Kobori. It's a push/pull that suffers from what I call "zoom drift" under the force of gravity. But I've captured some very nice images with it over the 40 years I've owned it.
I don't see a lot of the Vivitar Kobori manufactured lenses. The push/pull on all of them tend to get loose.
@@robertfuchs2274 Mine's quite loose, but I've added a strip of gaff tape to the barrel opposite the markings, and that helps a lot. Of course it makes the focus throw a bit tight as well.
Fortunately, I found a hack for fixing zoom creep on these vintage zoom lenses. I have a 1987 Canon EF 70-210mm f/3.5-5.4 AF USM (beautiful lens, BTW) whose only problem was that the barrel immediately swooshed out to 210mm as if it's on a rail as soon as you tilt the camera more than 20 degrees downward. So as an experiment, I wrapped a single strip of electrical tape around the very end of the barrel. It perfectly keeps the lens in place and doesn't interfere with the autofocus at all except right at 70mm, and for that all you have to do is AF at 72mm where the tape ends and then tweak it with the full-time MF. For MF lenses, you won't even have to worry about that last bit. :)
I'm excited for some seriously cool soap bubble bokeh from the one I just picked up on eBay. I also recently bought the 6th and latest version of the Vivitar 70-210mm f/2.8-4 *autofocus* lens and the 28-105mm f/2.8-3.8 manual lenses. I can't wait to try these out. I have several tack sharp Canon and Sigma Art lenses for standard use, but the warmth, backgrounds, and colors of these look really awesome.
What adapter should I buy. I also have a Sony A7iii but I can’t for the life of me figure out what adapter goes with this Vivitar lens
Welp, that was a great info.
Glad you think so!