I have a lot of love for the image quality of Nikon's 75-150mm f/3.5 but the build quality leaves something to be desired. I'd heard good things about this old lens, which was apparently made by Kiron (as was the 75-150) but made in a two-ring version so zoom creep would not be an issue as it is on almost all of the Series E 75-150mm lenses. Build quality of this little lens is great. The lens is slightly shorter than the Nikon 75-150mm, and about the same diameter, using 52mm filters. The lens comes complete with a nice built in lens hood, something I miss on the Nikon. Focusing is smooth, as is zooming. Unfortunately it didn't take me too long to find out that optically my copy of the Vivitar 70-150mm f/3.8 is not on par with the Nikon, which is a big shame because I like the build, lens hood, and close focusing ability of the Vivitar.


All images were shot on a Sony NEX-5r, on a tripod with the electronic first curtain shutter on and released with a remote, so no camera shake is happening. Focused at 10x live view.