Vintage tele-zoom lens test drive

[troy]

I took a quick walk at a local nature preserve today with my new used vintage lens. Vivitar 75-250mm f3.8-5.6 and my Pansonic GX85. It's pretty soft wide open, but given enough light and stopped down a few clicks I'm really surprised with the results. Many more keepers than I thought I would get. Pretty good for a $15 antique store find.

 

[Saxonbowman]

I took a quick walk at a local nature preserve today with my new used vintage lens. Vivitar 75-250mm f3.8-5.6 and my Pansonic GX85. It's pretty soft wide open, but given enough light and stopped down a few clicks I'm really surprised with the results. Many more keepers than I thought I would get. Pretty good for a $15 antique store find. View attachment 1116627View attachment 1116628View attachment 1116629View attachment 1116630View attachment 1116631View attachment 1116632View attachment 1116633View attachment 1116634View attachment 1116635

Those look good! I haven’t had much luck with vintage zooms on my Fuji.

 

[ajkel64]

Very cool. Nice photos.

 

[troy]

Thanks guys! I realized how bad the color fringing was on the Red Admiral and now I think I got rid of most of it at least.