Can I Use My Old Vivitar 80-200mm Lens With A Dslr Camera

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I recently acquired some lenses off ebay, at the advice of my mother, just am having problem determining which ones are which. I have tested 9 of the xx, and have taken pictures of the 11 I haven't been able to place. (http://world wide web.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=7084563).
Really, what I desire to know is if there are adapters for them. I know one is an interchangeable bayonet, only don't know where to find that plate.
I have a Canon Rebel 2000 SLR and a Catechism Insubordinate XS DSLR. I take ii mount adapters already, a Fotodiox M42-EOS 5.two and a Fotodiox Nikon-EOS, just want to know what else to buy.
Here's a list of all the ones I bought.
For Vivitar TX Interchangeable Bayonet Mount:
- Auto Vivitar Tele-Zoom xc-230mm F4.5 Lens - Lens K
For Minolta Medico Bayonet Mount:
- Prospec Zoom lxx-210mm F4-5.six Lens
- Albinar ADG MC Macro Zoom 80-200mm F3.ix Lens
- Auto Vivitar Tele-Zoom 85-205mm F3.8 Lens
For Pentax M42 Screw Mountain:
- Soligor 450mm F8 Lens
- Super Cosina 80-200mm F4.5-5.6 Lens - I know I have tested these
For Pentax Yard Bayonet Mount:
- Samyang MC Auto Zoom 28-70mm F3.5-iv.5 Lens
- Kiron Kino Precision MC Macro Zoom 35-135mm F4 Lens
- Sears Multicoated Car Zoom 80-200mm F4 Lens
- Rokinon MC Macro Machine Zoom 80-200mm F4.5 Lens
- Sakar MC Zoom eighty-200mm F4.5 Lens
For Canon FD Bayonet Mount:
- Vivitar SMS MC Macro Focusing Zoom 28-85mm F3.five-4.5 Lens
- Kiron Kino Precision MC Macro seventy-210mm F4 Lens
- Catechism Zoom Lens FD 70-210mm F4 Lens
- Focal MC Automobile Zoom fourscore-200mm F3.5 Lens
- CPC Stage 2 CCT MC Motorcar Zoom 80-200mm F4.five Lens
For For Nikon Bayonet Mountain:
- Aetna Rokunar Car Zoom lxx-210mm F4 Lens
- Rokinon Auto Zoom Super Coated 80-200mm F4.v Lens
- Star-D C Auto Zoom eighty-205mm F4.5 Lens
- Phoenix AF Zoom 100-300mm F5.6-six.7 Lens - I take tested these, I believe...I am not sure.
Then as you can run into, I have tested Nine but can only identify bout six of them. Any assist will exist greatly appreciated. If you lot know which lens information technology is, please let me know the Lens letter and which 1 it pertains to.
And any communication about what adapters I should buy would be appreciated. Thanks a one thousand thousand.
rick olesons lend mount identification guide
http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/index-99.html
nice clear pictures
in there are other :" interchangable mounts"
if you have a canon insubordinate. the options are limited.
catechism fd/fl requires an adapter with an optical element
so the lenses can exist used on newer eos cameras.
the aetna rokunar lens counld exist a YS mount with unscrews similar a T adapter.
but has auto diaphram. it is a faitly rare arrangement.
The lens, if it is that type, can be used as a transmission lens on most any camera.
The other lenses, that tin can be cucessfully adapted to you eos. will too me used manually,
this will give you lot other focal lengths, but use volition exist somewhat awkaward
AT to the lowest degree with the lens mountain ID guide you lot will know whach camera they will fit.
I would consider purchasing an inexpensive moving picture slr.
and selling the others.
This is essentially a repost of the exact aforementioned question asked less than 24 hours agone hither:
http://www.photo.cyberspace/filters-bags-tripods-accessories-forum/00aI5o
Samantha, what is the purpose of all this? About of these lenses are third political party telephoto zooms, covering very similar ranges and dating from (I gauge) the 1970's and 1980's. They were probably only most OK at the fourth dimension but the prototype quality won't be great, even if they are in good condition with no mucus etc. Unless you are doing some kind of inquiry project on old zoom lenses I tin can't see where you are going with information technology. I would keep the Canon seventy-210 F4 which is probably the all-time of the bunch, and try and become hold of a nice Canon manual focus motion-picture show body to use with it.
Merely my opinion, experience free to ignore!
RE: John
I don't have very much coin to spend on newer lenses, so overall its much cheaper for me to become quondam and get adapters. The ones I take tested, I did so on my DSLR, and they worked cracking. Yep I have to manually exercise the aperture, merely I don't heed to take some decent lenses.
I have figured out what lenses go with what, thank you Michael, that version of the the weblog post seemed improve then the others.
Thanks for everyone'due south advice
Samantha, that'south understood. I'one thousand sad if I sounded a bit negative about what you are doing. All-time of luck with it, and it would be interesting to run into some of your results.
Samantha, I'm going to agree with John. As much as information technology isn't fun to hear, you didn't make the most prudent purchase. Everyone wants to save coin, but y'all take to exist careful and do it correct. There are many old lenses that just aren't worth paying for, and there is a reason that it was sold to you in that agglomeration. That drove of lenses that y'all picked up, to put it mildly, look similar the decline pile of a lens hoarder. You lot are not the beginning one to realize that y'all tin can adapt third-party lenses to your camera. Many people spend their weekends going to local garage sales and buying camera collections that people have in their garages, either that they haven't used in a long time, or that their parents passed down to them many years ago. They pack up the reject lenses that aren't worth anything and/or are optically scarce, and they sell them in bundles like yous just bought. As a general dominion, mainly primes from that era are really worth adapting. Zoom lenses from yesteryear weren't anything phenomenal. Plus, since your EOS cameras have such a large annals distance, many of those lenses aren't worth adapting, equally y'all either lose focus by a few feet, or you have to buy an optically-correcting adapter that is both expensive, and degrades the paradigm even further. In the future, consider coming hither Before making your purchase, instead of afterwards. There are many budget EOS lenses that will give you bully results, certainly superior to those lenses that y'all mention. For example, I used to own an EOS camera with a 35-105mm and a 50mm f/1.8. Both are worth next to nix today, simply image quality wise, they are but fine lenses. Those two lenses, plus a new 75-300mm, would requite you autofocus, auto metering, and respectable enough image quality.
Do you have whatever other lenses right at present, that natively mount on your EOS cameras? From the kit that you bought, most of those lenses are redundant or don't fit on your camera. Minolta MD and Catechism FD are too much piece of work to accommodate, because of that register distance. Pentax K lenses will adapt readily, but you lot don't have anything worth adapting, except perhaps the Kino. But, as I mentioned, you can just purchase an EOS lens like the 28-105mm and take identical or superior performance, plus autofocus and not spending any money on adapters. From the lenses that you've already tested, I'd keep the M42 450mm lens, if its performance is whatsoever good, and the Nikon Aetna lens, unless the Rokinon or Star-D have noticeably better performance than information technology. Become rid of the residuum by selling them off. Lucky for you, Nikon mount and Pentax K mount lenses sell easily enough, since the current DSLRs withal mount them.
RE Ariel
Cheers and so much for the in depth look at the lenses I bought. I just paid bout $30 on the whole lot, so I don't feel like I lost much, even if I only keep one or 2.
I do have a native lens from the XS kit, only unfortunately my rebel 2000 one got stolen terminal year, also as my tele-macro lens, which I am yet trying to replace. Out of the ones I take tested, I didn't experience like I lost much image quality, merely I even so demand to accept a closer await at the examination images.
Thanks over again.
Samantha, zoom lenses of the vintage you are looking at were often weak performers past modern standards. They were also often weak performers compared to prime number focus lenses of the aforementioned period - i.e. lenses with but a unmarried focal length such as a 50mm lens or a 35mm lens or a 150mm lens or whatever. So I suggest if you desire to use older lenses (nothiung wrong with that) then I advise you endeavour older and cheaper primes rather than older and cheaper zooms.
Samantha,
Allow's take the lenses one mountain at a time. I am assuming the lenses piece of work and are clean.
Machine Vivitar Tele-Zoom 90-230mm F4.5 Lens - Lens K I am wondering if this is the same as the Pentax Grand mount. I would compare it with the lenses y'all take. You can buy TX adapters on Ebay.
Minolta MD. For an EOS to Minolta Doc adapter you will need an adapter with a lens element. This will impact the quality. The Vivitar lxxx-205 should be the best of the bunch.
Pentax M42. Equally y'all know these will work fine.
Pentax K mount. You lot can get an adapter for EOS to Pentax M mount. The Kiron 35-135mm is the only one that looks interesting.
Canon FD. An EOS to Canon FD mount adapter requires a lens element which will affect quality. The Vivitar, Kiron, and Canon zoom lenses are all proficient. I would check them out and sell them on Ebay. You tin can easily get you money back.
Nikon F mount. You can see that they all piece of work fine with your adapter. Unfortunately none are top quality lenses.
I don't know if I would invest in more adapters. I similar Colin'south idea of investing in prime lenses. The M42 mountain would be the near cost effective. You lot likewise could look to Nikon'due south huge selection of lenses merely they would be more than costly.
For fifty-fifty the off make lenses yous can become 10-20 dollars on Ebay equally long equally they work and are clean.
How-do-you-do Anybody, I am new here. I have a Sakar lens and don't know which mount information technology is. I promise someone can smoothen some low-cal on it. Thank you, James
Welcome, James.
I can definitively say "non Nikon F or Canon EF" (I've shot with both), merely that's probably not all that helpful.

Less definitively, because I don't own a photographic camera to compare it with, I remember that red "PK" is a inkling - it looks like Pentax K-mount, from what Wikipedia tells me.

If nobody posts more definitively on this thread, I'd endeavour the Pentax gear forum and ask if it looks familiar.

I hope that'due south a start, until someone more educated can chime in! Skillful luck.
Looks indeed like Pentax K-mountain to me: SLR Lens Mountain Identification Guide
I found this auction for a Vivitar lens in Pentax K mount (photo five):
Vivitar Kiron Nihon 24mm f2 Wide Fast Aperture Manual Focus Lens Pentax K Mount | eBay

Looks a lot like the Sakar lens to me.
It'due south definitely a third-political party variant of the original Pentax Chiliad mount. Just exist very careful if yous plan to mount this on a Pentax DSLR. Make sure that the shield that protects the aperture stop downwardly lever (at 3 o'clock of the image of the lens mount) is not too large for the DSLR.
Read the section of this article: go to "Tertiary Party Variants of the K-mount"

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Last edited: Nov 28, 2017