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From: Neil Harrington on 21 Sep 2009 13:00

"No One" <none(a)none.invalid> wrote in message news:h93brl$gsf$1(a)aioe.org...
> Samyang AFAIK makes Phoenix and Quantray lenses

Phoenix, yes. Quantaray lenses used to be made by Sigma I'm pretty sure,
though I don't know if that's still true. It's basically just a brand name
with no specific manufacturer behind it.


From: Neil Harrington on 21 Sep 2009 13:03

"Me" <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> There have been some excellent reviews of the Samyang 85mm f1.4.

Is that the same as the 85mm f/1.4 sold under the Vivitar name, do you know?

The Vivitar 85/1.4 is manual focus only.


From: Me on 21 Sep 2009 18:18
Neil Harrington wrote:
> "Me" <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in message
> news:h93lg3$c5e$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>
>
>> There have been some excellent reviews of the Samyang 85mm f1.4.
>
> Is that the same as the 85mm f/1.4 sold under the Vivitar name, do you know?
>
> The Vivitar 85/1.4 is manual focus only.
>
>
I think it is - can be Vivitar/Bower/Quantaray/Samyang. It's not all
good - Thom Hogan tried the lens (Bower labelled) and has some less than
favourable comments in this thread on DPReview:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=31795434
It may have been a QA fault, but he had problems getting it to stop down
properly on Nikon bodies. Thom's not "anti" lower cost third party lenses.
From: Neil Harrington on 21 Sep 2009 21:11

"Me" <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in message
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> Neil Harrington wrote:
>> "Me" <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:h93lg3$c5e$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>>
>>
>>> There have been some excellent reviews of the Samyang 85mm f1.4.
>>
>> Is that the same as the 85mm f/1.4 sold under the Vivitar name, do you
>> know?
>>
>> The Vivitar 85/1.4 is manual focus only.
> I think it is - can be Vivitar/Bower/Quantaray/Samyang. It's not all
> good - Thom Hogan tried the lens (Bower labelled) and has some less than
> favourable comments in this thread on DPReview:
> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=31795434
> It may have been a QA fault, but he had problems getting it to stop down
> properly on Nikon bodies. Thom's not "anti" lower cost third party lenses.

Thanks.

The one I saw advertised under the Vivitar name as I recall was about $350.
Heh. That's actually close to what I paid for my Nikkor 85/1.8, only about
two-thirds of a stop slower and of course autofocus.


From: Me on 22 Sep 2009 00:43
Neil Harrington wrote:
> "Me" <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in message
> news:h98u4d$i87$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>> Neil Harrington wrote:
>>> "Me" <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:h93lg3$c5e$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>> There have been some excellent reviews of the Samyang 85mm f1.4.
>>> Is that the same as the 85mm f/1.4 sold under the Vivitar name, do you
>>> know?
>>>
>>> The Vivitar 85/1.4 is manual focus only.
>> I think it is - can be Vivitar/Bower/Quantaray/Samyang. It's not all
>> good - Thom Hogan tried the lens (Bower labelled) and has some less than
>> favourable comments in this thread on DPReview:
>> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=31795434
>> It may have been a QA fault, but he had problems getting it to stop down
>> properly on Nikon bodies. Thom's not "anti" lower cost third party lenses.
>
> Thanks.
>
> The one I saw advertised under the Vivitar name as I recall was about $350.
> Heh. That's actually close to what I paid for my Nikkor 85/1.8, only about
> two-thirds of a stop slower and of course autofocus.
>
>
Yep. While I like the build quality of Nikkor AI lenses, I'm not fond of
manual focus lenses any more, except for macro, but I guess that depends
on what and how you shoot. I'd rather have a Nikkor 85 AF D f1.8 than
the Samyang.
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