The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Vivitar 28mm f/2.8 Close Focus

We measured time. We divided it. We made revisions. We engineered instruments of time. We commodified time. Time was bought and sold. We believe time is immutable. Yet we are fascinated by the possibility that it may be elastic. Nikon D2Xs + Vivitar 28mm f/2.8 Close Focus Wide Angle lens. There are several versions of this lens; the serial number of this one is 28430xxx with a filter size of 49mm and marked 'Made in Japan'. That reveals it was made by Komine (Vivitar never actually manufactured any lenses - all the work was contracted out). It was an OK lens, nothing stellar, and I got rid of it. The Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 AI, although slower, is in my opinion much better, but it costs quite a bit more. And better still, I recommend the Nikkor 28mm f/2 AI. Manual of course, but plenty of depth-of-field to work with when using a wide-angle.

Nikon D2Xs + Vivitar 28mm f/2.8 Close Focus Wide Angle lens.

Stop valve and fire hydrant at East Tytherton, Wiltshire. There are two anonymous companion markers. I don't know their purpose, if they even have one. On a fire hydrant marker in the U.K., the figure at the top is the size of the main that feeds that hydrant in millimetres – so 75mm here. (Three inches in imperial measure). The lower figure is the distance from the plaque to where the hydrant is in metres. But in which direction? You have to look for the iron flap let into the highway. Nikon D2Xs and Vivitar 28mm f/2.8 Close Focus Komine-made lens. Aperture-priority; 100 ISO; f/9.5; 1/40th sec.

The Nikon FG-20 was introduced in 1984. Its production run was less than a year. Compact and even lighter than the EM, it was aimed squarely at the consumer end of the market. Whilst it had a better specification than the EM, it was a reduced-spec variant of the FG which had been introduced two years earlier as an up-market variant of the EM. Sales of the FG appear to have been disappointing; perhaps it was too complex for potential buyers. Hence the pared-down (and short lived) FG-20. In appearance and design its ancestry is clear with similarities to the FE, FM family. It was to be the last in this line. Its successors would have more rounded body styling with extensive use of polycarbonates, DX coding for film, built-in winders and flash, and automatic focus. Thus the FG-20 is something of a scene-closer and for users of film is so compact that with a small-profile lens attached you won’t want a kit bag if you have a largish pocket. It is the sort of camera that gets taken places when others do not. The lens you see in the photograph is a Vivitar 28mm f/2.8 Close Focus AiS lens made in Japan under contract by Komine. This photograph was made with a Nikon D90 in manual mode using a Nikon Series E 75-150mm zoom lens.

Nikon D2Xs and Vivitar 28mm f/2.8 Close Focus Komine-made lens. 100 ISO; f/4; 1/250th.