Lente canon macro 100mm10/2/2023 I didn't realize until recently, when comparing it to other 100mm macros in the $500 range, that it took pictures as well or better than all that I compared it to. To be honest, when I first used this lens, I didn't realize there was such a disparity between quality and cheap optics. Only a hair softer with the adapter fitted, but step it down a notch and it's just as sharp again. With or without the 1:1 adapter, images are beautiful and sharp. MAN this thing takes beautiful pictures! Not just extremely sharp, but with good contrast and beautiful color. dyxumcom has a looong list of reviews of this lense. A quick search on the internet proves that people are consistently getting wonderfully pleasing (much to their surprise) images with this lens. Also, one of the other reviewers mentioned that his superb example of this lens may be a fluke, and results from other examples could be inconsistent with his great results due to it's 'poor' construction. So, the plastic shell could potentially protect the glass better under certain impacts. I'm sure it cannot take a serious drop as well as a metal-bodied lens, with the plastic case being more susceptible to cracking (though no one has reported any problems in any of the reviews I've read), then again, metal transfers kinetic energy very well rather than flexing upon impact and dispersing energy away from the glass. Over the years, this lens has seen a lot of use, and I've never experienced any inconsistencies in it's image production. The quality of the exterior materials and appearance could mislead some to conclude that it has low quality construction. The manufacturer's muse must have been a coffee grinder, because that's what it sounds like when the auto-focus operates. Turn on the auto-focus, and you'll find that it focuses fine with good light, not so well with low light. It's stiff and jerky with not a hint of smoothness or refinement. The cheap feeling continues when you turn the focus ring. The case is very light-weight plastic with cheap-looking markings around the barrel. I'm afraid that this lens will be completely missed by many, just because they won't bother to read about lenses under these cheap brand names.Īnyway, back on track. Then again, if you were an equipment snob, you probably wouldn't be reading reviews of vivitar lenses in the first place. I suppose I can interject here to say, equipment snobs might as well stop reading. wow, this thing looks and feels like a child's toy. The first thing I noticed about this lens was how terribly tacky and cheap the exterior was. In fact, my parents bought my first camera (a $20 kodak 110) for my 9th birthday, 21 years ago, and I haven't stopped viewing the minute details of the world through a viewfinder since then. I received this lens as a gift many years ago from my father, who didn't make much money, but did what he could to support my affinity for photography (which is why I have this super-cheap lens in the first place). I don't even remember how many years, but I've used it a LOT over those years and I love the images this lens is capable of. I've had this lens (under the name promaster) for years. I've been an amateur photographer for 21 years, and over the past 5 years, have begun selling my photographic art as a side interest in local (and one not so local) galleries as well as to magazines and catalogs. good news there) by Cosina, and is also sold under the brands promaster, phoenix, pentax, soligor and voightlander. We didn't get along, too well, at first, but now we're great friends.Ĭheapest body I've ever seen, AF sounds like a coffee grinder and can hunt a lotįirst, this lens is manufactured (in Japan. And yes, it is very sharp and the image quality is great. Anyway, on my a6500 with adapter, this lens is a joy to use. Actually, even with an auto focus macro lens / camera, I almost always use manual focus, as I prefer it. I know photography, so manual mode is no problem, for me. Skip forward, many years, and I'm now using it, completely manual, on a Sony a6500 camera with a dumb adapter. That had a lot to do with using it on a Nikon dslr. I never got on, very well, with this lens. The lens was in Nikon mount and I was shooting with a Nikon camera, at the time. Then, I stumbled upon a listing for this lens, in very good condition, for a very low price. Having several good macro lenses, I wasn't interested in this lens. I read lots of very positive reviews of the Vivitar 100 3.5 macro. I own several highly regarded "cult" macro lenses that are great and that I love. I'm retired, but had a photography business, for many years.
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