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Re: [OM]Vivitar Series1 AF zoom

Subject: Re: [OM]Vivitar Series1 AF zoom
From: julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:19:36 +0000 (GMT)
It certainly is big and bulky, and has a rather large control/battery box on 
the underside. From a cursory inspection it doesn't appear to have the contact 
on the mount for OM30 AF. Maybe I'll go and give it a bit more than a cursory 
inspection...

Julian

>  from:    Steve Goss <stevegoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  date:    Fri, 03 Jan 2003 03:17:45
>  to:      olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  subject: Re: [OM]Vivitar Series1 AF zoom
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> If it's the same model as the one I saw at a camera show once, it's big, 
> and bulky, and it needs batteries to operate. Optics should be just as 
> good as the manual focus version, but not a lens you see very often. If 
> I had one, I probably wouldn't use it lest I destroy it's collectible value.
> 
> Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
> 
> julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > If anyone is interested, Mr. Cad have a Vivitar Series 1 zoom for OM with 
> > internal Autofocus (like the Zuiko AF).
> > I presume (only from the lack of prior mention) that this is fairly 
> > unusual, so may appeal to a completist? I wasn't aware that the third party 
> > guys bothered with this phase of the AF "revolution"!
> > Does anyone have any info/opinions about this lens?
> > 
> > Julian
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