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Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE. increase.
In short
Vivitar 17mm 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE is a classic wide-angle (ultra-wide-angle) lens of the film era. Compact, inexpensive, but without multi-coating. Does not shine with high optical performance.
There are several versions of this lens, including a later one with multi-coating. Most likely all versions were produced by the company tokina.
Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE
Appearance
The review lens was in good condition.
Main technical characteristics of Vivitar 17mm 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE:
| Name of instances from review | Vivitar 17mm 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE No.37701095 |
| Basic properties |
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| Front Filter Diameter | 72 mm, metal thread for filters |
| Body materials | All parts of the lens barrel are made of metal, the focusing ring is rubberized |
| Focal length | 17 mm |
| Diagonal viewing angles | 104° for full frame cameras |
| Zoom ratio | 1 x |
| Designed by | for film cameras with Olympus OM mount
at the same time, there are versions for other popular mirror mounts |
| Number of aperture blades | 6 straight (not rounded) petals |
| Tags |
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| Diaphragm | from F/3.5 to F/16. The lens has an aperture control ring. |
| MDF (minimum focusing distance) | 0.22 meters |
| The weight | 329 grams (measured, Olympus OM version) |
| Optical design | 11 elements in 8 groups. The lens does not use special optical elements.
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| Lens hood | Built-in, hard-set, petal |
| Period | Produced since 1970 |
| Manufacturer country | LENS MADE IN JAPAN (Lens made in Japan) |
| Price | They don't sell new. In the used version. from 50 to 300 dollars, depending on the mount and condition. |
This lens can be easily installed on any modern digital mirrorless camera. For installation, you should use the appropriate adapter/adapter, which allows you to use lenses with an Olympus OM mount on the desired mirrorless system without any problems or restrictions. Below is a list of systems/mounts with links to the necessary adapters/adapters: Sony E/FE/NEX, Canon RF/RF-S, Canon EF-M, Nikon Z, Nikon 1, Leica l, FujiFilm GFX, fujifilm x, Samsung NX, Micro 4 / 3.
Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE
Assembly, control, focus
Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE is made with high quality.
The front lens cap is metal, without latches, just fits snugly against the body frame. There is a special fabric seal on the inside of the lid. The cover is fixed tightly. Removing and installing the cover is pleasant.
Lens body made very high quality. The focus ring is rubberized, the aperture ring is not. The aperture ring has no intermediate values between pairs of numbers, and the aperture itself consists of only six blades.
The Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE focusing ring rotates approximately 270 degrees. During focusing, the front lens (together with the thread for the filters) moves forward a little, but does not rotate.
On the body there is a focusing distance scale in meters and feet and a depth of field scale. The lens does not have a hard stop (hard infinity mechanical stop), which allows you to accurately and quickly focus the lens to infinity under any external temperature conditions.
Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE
Sample photos (Full Frame)
The pictures in the gallery were taken with a camera Canon EOS 5D (Full Frame, 13 MP), which has already become a “digital classic,” and an adapter Olympus OM -> Canon EF. All photos for this review were prepared by Natalia (Instagram). All photos in this review are shown without processing, according to the principles ZEROJPEG.
Jpeg source photos download / watch this link (30+ photos, Google Drive gallery).
Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE
Results
Vivitar 17MM 1:3.5 AUTO WIDE-ANGLDE – well-built, weighty, but with mediocre image quality.
10 main advantages
- quality assembly
- Convenient wide-throw focusing ring
- low cost in the secondary market
- focusing distance scale and depth of field, mark for IR
- thread for 72 mm filters
- built-in mini hood
- produced by Tokina
- you can find a version for almost all popular mirror mounts
- it’s easy to get the effect of a 6-ray star with closed apertures
- good resolution with closed apertures in the center of the frame
10 main disadvantages
- catastrophically low resolution at F/3.5 at the edges and corners of the frame
- only 6 aperture blades
- there are no intermediate values for the aperture control ring between all pairs of numbers
- very big problems when working in back and side light, mediocre contrast
- strong chromatic aberration (both longitudinal and transverse)
- no multi-coating
- difficult to determine the version/subversion of the lens
- no internal focusing
- significant vignetting at F/3.5
- slight distortion
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Material prepared Arkady Shapoval.
Vivitar 17/3.5 is an ultra-wide-angle lens that usually works at small shooting scales (i.e. not in the macro range). For such lenses, using the conventional focusing method (by moving the entire lens unit) is most suitable, since this method in this case provides the most stable image quality in lenses with a relatively simple optical design. So the lack of internal focus is not a disadvantage here.
Internal focusing is a compromise that is used when focusing by moving the lens is difficult (due to weight or size, as in fast and long lenses, especially with AF). Also, internal focusing in one form or another is a necessity for lenses that must be both good at infinity and macro. In this case, a moving group of lenses (or vice versa - a static one, as in Zenitar 67/2.8) serves not only for focusing, but also to compensate for optical distortions (usually chromatism, field curvature, astigmatism), which noticeably manifest themselves when the shooting scale changes significantly.
Well, you give, so as not to press your fingers, of course.
Rodion, what is the Zenithar 67/2.8 lens that you understand? Is this a Zenithar 60/2,8 Makrik with some kind of electronics built into it or is it a different lens?
Yes, he is the one. According to the patent, it is not 60, but 67 mm.
By the way, I have a comparative analysis of the optical designs of the I-61 LZ, Vega-11U and this Zenithar, with all the nuances of image quality at infinity and macro, but this was published on my VK.
Thanks for the reply.
VK is no longer relevant for us today. Go to Instagram or Telegram. Or publish it here, it would be interesting to watch and read. Although I know that Arkady writes that reviews should not be previously published anywhere before publication on Radozhiva. He may make an exception for you, especially since I have not seen comparative analyzes of several lenses on Radozhiv.
I will publish where it is convenient for me and where it best matches the topic of the resource. On Radozhiv, the publication of data on lenses produced by KMZ in the 2010-2020s was not perceived by many readers as we would like, so I am not going to write about these lenses here.
In the 70s there was a boom in ultra-wide lenses, however, in the Union this was due to the lack of availability of these lenses; only certain gurus from the Baltic states were able to obtain such miracles of technology, Sutkus, Binde, etc.
Yes, lanthanum glasses have become cheaper, and it’s now possible to make a lot of interesting 17/3.5 lenses. And later aspherics appeared... Well, the great and mighty USSR riveted its Mir-20 20/3.5, which is a conversion of the ancient Flektogob 20/4. And even in the 2000s they continued to make it at KMZ. At the same time, there is a gap between the Mir-20M MS and the Tokina 17/3.5 RMC.