>
>> I looked at a number of MF WA lenses, and I narrowed the choices down
>> to the Samyang 18-28/4.0-4.5 and the Vivitar 17-28/4.0-4.5. The Vivitar
>> serial numbers began with "61", and I could not find anything that would
>> identify the manufacturer.
>
>
>According to the wiki the Vivitar is made by.. Samyang ;-) <
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivitar>. I read somewhere that the
>different focal range might be introduced by the marketing department...
>
>Since I was already very happy with the optical performance of my two
>> Samyang lenses,
>
>
>Hmm... this 18-28mm is quite an ancient design, dating back to film. Those
>are not the lenses the current fame of Samyang is based upon.
>
My other two Samyang lenses are also film.
>
>I don't think I would be glad with the first 4 pictures in this link:
><http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/lens_test_samples.html>.
>
Yuck! But the landscape images I had looked at weren't anything like that
at all.
>
>But please share your experience once you bought one.
>
It will probably be here in a coupe of weeks, provided NSA doesn't
confiscate it.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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