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Vivitar 400SL HELP!!!!!

With current technology available for digital is film stil viable?

yes
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sometimes
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not realy
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definately not
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bigshooter461
 
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Vivitar 400SL HELP!!!!!

Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:18 am


I recently aquired an old viviter 400sl it came with one lens a 200mm auto telephoto. I tried searching google for information the best I could come up with was that it was marketed in 1975. I was hoping for more info, anyone have a clue. It is in absolutly imaculate shape and I'ld love to get some acseories for it, lenses flash ect but wonder if it's worth the investment?

castledude
 
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:29 pm


info here:
http://homepage.mac.com/mattdenton/phot ... 400sl.html

manual here:
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/vivitar_40 ... _400sl.htm

For the day it was an OK camera. I had one when it first came out. Shot with it for about 4 years before moving up to a Pentax ME Super...

It was a little clunky and had a lot of vibration from the mirror flip up but it was not a bad camera.

M42 is the old screw mount used by Pentax so a lot of good quality cheap glass is available. Mostly from eBay (search for M42 mount). Also it is pretty easy to get an adapter so you can connect to telescopes.

Any non-dedicated flash will work. Vivitar 283/285, Sunpak 383 would be high end for this camera. Any camera store should be able to get you a simple non-dedicated flash for less than $35 (Ritz Quantaray QA-25 etc)

It's not a bad camera, has the advantage of being able to shoot even if the batteries are dead. Totally manual operation so you will learn a lot about photography with it, with only a minimal investment.

Pick up a 28mm, 50mm and 110mm lens and you will be set.


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