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the Nazis had given her. A man named Dieter told me he had been in the Hitler Youth in
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I worked for Ponder and Best in 1964 and 1965 and they were located on Cole Ave across the street from the DMV not at the address in this article. The man who managed the lens department was named
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Olympus OM-2 SLR camera. Apart from the Vivitar 283 flash mentioned in this article, I also had a Vivitar 70-150 "close focus zoom", with a "matched multiplier". The latter was a 2x teleconverter. The zoom lens also sported a built-in retractable lens hood. I have happily used this
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These are "Vivitar 70-150mm f/3.8 (1 and 2-touch, made by Kiron)" - you had the two-touch version (with separate zoom and focus rings), I have the one-touch version, which has a single push-pull zoom/focus grip. The company had a thing for matched multipliers; as you point out they were just
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I know that collecting infos and specs about those lenses is not as easy as for other brands. And this article lack THE source that anyone with
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Then I'm not sure that the zoom spec of the 75-300mm is wrong or if two versions were made. The one I own is a 1:4.5-5.6 and not 5.8 as stated.
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