Vivitar Auto Wide Angle 28mm F2.5 Cine Mod Vintage Prime Lens | Sony E-mount!

🎬 Vivitar Auto Wide Angle 28mm F2.5 Cine Mod – Vintage Full-Frame Lens for Sony E-Mount

Bring genuine vintage character to modern digital cinematography with this Vivitar Auto Wide Angle 28mm F2.5, professionally prepared and cine-modified by TerPhoto for Sony E-mount cameras.

This is a classic Japanese manual-focus wide-angle prime from the vintage Vivitar era. The lens has been fully cleaned, adjusted and re-lubricated, then adapted and precisely adjusted for Sony E-mount use. The aperture mechanism has been de-clicked, allowing smooth, stepless iris adjustments during video recording instead of the original photographic click stops.

A follow-focus gear is installed on the focusing ring, providing convenient and repeatable control with standard cinema follow-focus equipment. The setup is completed with an 80mm OD cine lens hood, making the lens considerably more practical for use in a video or cinema rig.

The lens provides full-frame sensor coverage, making it especially attractive for Sony Alpha full-frame mirrorless cameras. On full-frame, 28mm delivers a genuinely wide field of view suitable for establishing shots, environmental portraits, interiors, handheld filmmaking, music videos and narrative cinematography.

The glass is in good vintage condition. There is very minor age-related wear on the glass, typical for an optical lens of this period. This does not affect the final image. Please inspect the detailed photographs, as they form an important part of the condition description. The lens body shows normal cosmetic wear consistent with its vintage age, including visible marks and finish wear, but it has been serviced and prepared for practical shooting use.

A little history: Vivitar marketed lenses manufactured for it by several respected Japanese optical companies rather than relying on a single lens maker. This particular lens carries serial number 22811909. The important “22” serial prefix is associated with Kino Precision Industries, later widely known through the Kiron name. The 28mm F2.5 Auto Wide-Angle belongs to the classic 1970s-era family of Kino/Kiron-manufactured Vivitar wide-angle primes. Today these lenses are particularly interesting to filmmakers because their fully mechanical construction, manual focus and vintage optical rendering make them natural candidates for cinema conversion.

This cine modification preserves the character of the original vintage photographic optic while making it much easier to integrate into a modern Sony E-mount filmmaking workflow.

⚙️ Technical Specifications

• Lens Mount - Sony E-mount
• Focal Length - 28mm
• Maximum Aperture - F2.5
• Minimum Aperture - F22
• Aperture Blades - 6
• Minimum Focus Distance - 0.3m
• Filter Thread - 62mm
• Focus Type: Manual
• Serial Number - 22811909

🎬 Why Choose This Lens?

The Vivitar 28mm F2.5 is an appealing alternative to clinically corrected modern optics when you want footage with genuine vintage personality. Its 28mm focal length gives a useful cinematic wide-angle perspective on a full-frame Sony body while the relatively fast F2.5 aperture makes it versatile for available-light shooting. Unlike an untouched collector lens, this example has already been cleaned, adjusted, re-lubricated and prepared for production use. The de-clicked aperture enables smooth exposure changes, while the geared focus ring works naturally with follow-focus systems. It is a practical choice for narrative films, music videos, commercials, documentary work, experimental filmmaking and filmmakers building a set of vintage full-frame primes.

📦 This Offer Includes

✔ Vivitar Auto Wide Angle 28mm F2.5 Cine-Mod Lens
✔ Sony E-Mount Adaptation
✔ Follow-Focus Gear on Focusing Ring
✔ 80mm OD Cine Lens Hood
✔ Front Lens Cap
✔ Rear Lens Cap