Lens Fetish Club - Page 8

Nesster · 02-02-2009, 09:49 AM

Georg, thanks for that - interesting! It's a pretty good lens stopped down a bit.

I wonder if there's a way to correlate known Vivitar serial numbers to those of Soligor, or if Soligor used an entirely different system...

BONOTAR!! LOL! I suppose they were thinking of bono as in beauty rather than bone(r)

georgweb · 02-02-2009, 02:47 PM

Nesster,
the Company's website claims they're in business since 1968, Soligor - About us

Robin way over there at the forum.manualfocus.org said:
"Having nothing better to do I researched Soligor. Soligor was the name used by Allied Impex Corp. AIC. They like Vivitar imported lenses. They used Tokina, serial # starts 16 or 17, Kiron maybe serial #38. The C/D lenses were their attempt to compete with the Vivitar Series 1. Apparently the same lens could end up with either Vivitar or Soligor stamped on it. (Not Viv S1 or C/D)"

So, it seems your 16xxx number confirms its Tokina origin.

Also there is a Soligor seemingly Tamron with a T319xxx number,
Manual Focus Lenses :: View topic - Soligor (Tamron) 135/3.5 M37 pre-T2 screw mount

I've just put my Viv lens on the cam and tried again to lock the stupid T4 Stopdown-wheel thing but to no avail (some debris already stuck in the T4-mount :-). I'll give it a go full open and stopping down will be a mess for now. I'm tempted to tinker it to manual lock and an additional 3.5-stop.

This shot was probably not full open, maybe f4 or 5.6 on K100D,

Click on the image to view it in a larger size

Never thought I'd gotten warm with a Tokina lens .-)
Georg (the other)
PS: Flickr: Soligor MF Lenses - °Value°
PPS: you made a fine mess of the Feinmess, Bono of course means nothing else but 'good' ._)

ftpaddict · 02-02-2009, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by georgweb

Robin way over there at the forum.manualfocus.org said:
"Having nothing better to do I researched Soligor. Soligor was the name used by Allied Impex Corp. AIC. They like Vivitar imported lenses. They used Tokina, serial # starts 16 or 17, Kiron maybe serial #38. The C/D lenses were their attempt to compete with the Vivitar Series 1. Apparently the same lens could end up with either Vivitar or Soligor stamped on it. (Not Viv S1 or C/D)"

So, it seems your 16xxx number confirms its Tokina origin.

I've got a Soligor C/D lens, but its serial number is 9910096. Any ideas who made this one?

wavecurrent · 02-03-2009, 02:27 PM

Time to contribute to this thread with some serious lens & camera fetish picture

Here are some oldies but goodies

Mike

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Nesster · 02-03-2009, 02:58 PM

Screw lens fetishes - those are some bad ass lens caps and shades!

ftpaddict · 02-03-2009, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by wavecurrent

Time to contribute to this thread with some serious lens & camera fetish picture
Here are some oldies but goodies

Mike

Click on the image to view it in a larger size

What's the lens mounted on the SuperA? Fisheye? or ultra-wide?

Sean Nelson · 02-04-2009, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by ftpaddict

What's the lens mounted on the SuperA? Fisheye? or ultra-wide?

It's an SMC-15mm f/3.5 - a fully rectilinear superwide lens. Can't tell if it's the A or M version...

wavecurrent · 02-04-2009, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by Sean Nelson

It's an SMC-15mm f/3.5 - a fully rectilinear superwide lens. Can't tell if it's the A or M version...

It's the A-version of the 15mm

*Andi Lo* · 02-04-2009, 01:12 PM

My current lineup, coating shot

4 SMC taks (28, 35, 50, 135), the Kit Lens, and Raynox 250

quattro · 02-04-2009, 01:48 PM

i love the 28mm:

Mechan1k · 02-04-2009, 06:36 PM

Hmmm ... time to take some photos of my lenses while I have some time of today.

ftpaddict · 02-10-2009, 02:37 PM

Took a while, but I finally got round to taking those darned pictures.

Here's some simple shots of the oft forgotten workhorses.

*heliphoto* · 02-11-2009, 12:52 PM

Shot these today for the lens database and after sending Adam a PM, I remembered this thread - I thought they might find a home here too...

Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 / 35...

Takumar 1:4 / 300 (manual aperture)...

Takumar 1:3.5 / 135 (preset)...

stevebrot · 02-13-2009, 07:40 PM

I should probably have cleaned the dust specs off in PP...

Vivitar 135/2.8, M42 (probably made by Komine circa 1971)

All metal and not a scratch or blemish on her...$30 from the friendly local camera repair guy...

Steve

Nesster · 02-14-2009, 04:34 AM

@heliphoto - those are some awesome Taks! Thank you for sharing, we need the pics!

@Steve, that's one hunka glass! Nice Singlex too!

@ftpaddict - I love them Mirs

@quattro - She looks so pretty on the K10D

Here's the Adaptall ES mount, erm, mounted...

And the Tammy 90/2.5 macro on the ES II

I just got the extension tube for it, n-i-b, so now I have it fully accessorized, with the BBAR Flat Field 2x and lens hood.