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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 296040" data-attributes="member: 16749">RE:&nbsp; My <a href="http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Vivitar_85-205mm_f/3.8_Zoom#Version_4_Auto_Fixed_Mount" target="_blank">85-205mm ƒ3.8 Vivitar</a>…&nbsp; I'm not sure this lens has a very flat plane of focus.&nbsp; I know that there are also some distortions that creep in, toward the edges of the image, at larger apertures.&nbsp; Anyway, prompted by your “Show us more…” request, I just took this lens out and took a bunch of pictures, with an emphasis mostly on bokeh.&nbsp; With one exception, all of the pictures below were taken at ƒ3.8.&nbsp; With one, different exception (the side view of my car) all were taken at 205mm.&nbsp; These two pictures were taken aƒ3.8 and ƒ22, to show the difference that the aperture makes…[ATTACH]84702[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84703[/ATTACH]&nbsp; Some other assorted images:[ATTACH]84704[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84706[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84707[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84708[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84709[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84710[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 296040, member: 16749"] RE: My [URL="http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Vivitar_85-205mm_f/3.8_Zoom#Version_4_Auto_Fixed_Mount"]85-205mm ƒ3.8 Vivitar[/URL]… I'm not sure this lens has a very flat plane of focus. I know that there are also some distortions that creep in, toward the edges of the image, at larger apertures. Anyway, prompted by your [i]“Show us more…”[/i] request, I just took this lens out and took a bunch of pictures, with an emphasis mostly on bokeh. With one exception, all of the pictures below were taken at ƒ3.8. With one, different exception (the side view of my car) all were taken at 205mm. These two pictures were taken aƒ3.8 and ƒ22, to show the difference that the aperture makes… [ATTACH=CONFIG]84702._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]84703._xfImport[/ATTACH] Some other assorted images: [ATTACH=CONFIG]84704._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]84705._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]84706._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]84707._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]84708._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]84709._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]84710._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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