Trying to hang on to my Sigma 180mm macro, therefore having to sell some other lenses so to begin with here is one of my all time favourites. This is the famous Vivitar S1 105mm f2.5 macro lens, they were made by a few makers for Vivitar but the best two were manufactured by Komini and Kino (this one). It has the A settings so can be controlled by the camera body and for it's age is in very good condition, there are a couple of little paint chips around the built in hood and a bit of paint wear elsewhere but that's about it.

The lens comes boxed with it's original case and I am looking for £220 incl UK postage.


Vivitar 105mm f/2.5 Series 1 Macro lens by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Vivitar 105mm f/2.5 Series 1 Macro lens by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Vivitar 105mm f/2.5 Series 1 Macro lens by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Few shots taken while I have had it :


Bee on Heather by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Hoverfly on pink flower by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Grasshop;per by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

One with the 1.7x Pentax adapter (not getting too close to that thing)


Spider by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

The eyes are lovely and sharp but I think you can boost the shadows on the body quite a bit without introducing too much noise. I downloaded it off your Flickr page and tried ... it made quite a difference.

My enthusiasm dies for macro when the summer begins to fade (although I guess that's not 100% the problem)

First person to say the "D" word gets slapped with a wet fish.

Is it them doing the K-1 upgrade?

Hmmm, thats not good. I believe they did a lot more than just Pentax warrant repairs didn't they?

What, no Pentax mount?

Sigh .....

Made by Tokina.

09 (or 9) Cosina Company, Ltd.
13 Schneider Kreuznach
22 Kino Precision
25 Ozone Optical Co., Ltd
28 Komine Co., Ltd.
32 Makina Optical Co., Ltd
33 Asanuma & Co., Ltd [1][2]
37 Tokina Optical Company, Ltd
42 Bauer (possibly Bauer trademark holder Robert Bosch GmbH)
44 Perkin-Elmer
47 Chinon Industries, Inc.
51 Tokyo Trading (possibly a corruption of Tokyo Koki, a Tokina predecessor)
56 Kyoei Shoji Company, Ltd.
61 Samyang Optics Co., Ltd
75 Hoya Corporation
77 Kobori Mfg Co. Ltd
81 Polar

Bump


Bee on Echinacea by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Well done Kris, great image

Superb lens, love mine ... very good price as well.