The effective T-stop at f/3.5 is approximately T4.1 (-0.4 EV) for all focal lengths, which is good for a zoom. Vignetting is about 1/3 to 1/2 a stop at f/3.5 and disappears from f/5.6 onwards. Starting at f/5.6 the CAs sharpen up but stay close to invisible up to f/22. Tiny red and dark cyan CAs are visible at f/3.5. Softness increases when going to f/16 and most details are blurred away at f/22. Diffraction kicks in very lightly starting at f/11. At f/5.6, sharpness increases to good, at f/8 to very good levels. Sharpness at 70 mm f/3.5 is surprisingly acceptable without any visible haze or soft corners – excellent when considering that this is a zoom lens. Aperture clean and fast.Įxterior: Excellent. Uniform and smooth focus, smooth zoom with nice resistance. The weight slightly reduces camera shake when shooting hand-held and 107 – 320 mm equivalent is a useful range of tele focal lengths. As zooming and focusing is done with the same ring (“one touch”) and you tend to support the camera by it while doing so, locking focus is a little fiddly. Handling on a NEX-5T is okay, but not terribly good. The focus has perfect resistance and is very smooth, as is the the zoom. The lens features a solid build at about 0.7 kg and excellent mechanics. If you want to know more about the different revisions, visit Mark Roberts’ site. This Tokina version (serial 37xxxxxx) shows neither of those features. The third version by Komine (serial 28xxxxxx) has a red stripe around the name ring.
#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 1:4 without a dedicated macro function.
This is the second version, produced by Tokina. There are at least five known versions from different manufacturers all sold under the Vivitar brand. The Vivitar (Tokina) Series 1 70-210 mm f/3.5 is an often entitled “legendary” third party zoom produced for different mounts.
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