[Leica] IMG: Red

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Henning, 

One of my first big photographic expenditures was a Vivitar Series One
90 Macro. I made lots of money with that lens shooting bugs for Ortho
Lawn & Garden books and literature. It was a gem of a lens. After a few
years of storage I decided to use it. Internal lenses had separated. The
gem became a rhinestone. It also became a round for a potato mortar. It
fit perfectly in the tube and was quite aerodynamic. More details in my
upcoming blog/photo essay, "Creative uses for lenses once they have
outlived their photographic lives!" 

DaveR

-----Original Message-----
From: Henning Wulff [mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:46 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Red

>A full frame, un-cropped, blossom photo taken with the D700 and 
>70-180mm micro-Nikkor.
>
><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Longwood/Red.jpg.html>
>
>http://tinyurl.com/8kw6fn
>
>And here is a link describing this hard to find lens.
>
><http://www.momentcorp.com/review/nikkor_70-180mm.html>
>
>http://tinyurl.com/94vyo3
>
>Len
>

Hi Len,

I love the colour of the lilies; I've seen that rust colour and it's 
very special.

The write-up is interesting since I had a chance to use one of those 
lenses for a while some years ago when it was in production. There 
was another macro-zoom, the Vivitar 90-180mm Flat Field, with 
somewhat lesser specs but also outstandingly sharp, but rather large 
and heavy. It was made by Kiron, as were most of Vivitar's best 
lenses.

http://www.mflenses.com/index.php/Vivitar/Vivitar-90-180mm-flat-field-f4
.5-Lens-Review.html

http://tinyurl.com/a467b2

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