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The big Soligor thread!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

memetph wrote:
Minolta had also a 50 1.7.
There are different options:
The Soligor is a fake f1.8
The Minolta is actually a f1.8
The Minolta is a 1.8 reduced to f2 ( like the 55mm Takumar) Question



1- Look at the ring stop
The max aperture position (the pointer) for soligor lens is at ~f:2 and on the minolta at ~f:2.4
That is certainly the TRUE opening

2- I will think that the soligor is not from minolta but from seagull (china) which made a minolta copy (body and lens)
I think that because front engraving does not seem of very high quality


PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Watching my lens , I do not see this difference. Perhaps are you right . It must be a good copy ( not only cosmetic ) because the IR focusing mark is at the same place.

PS It seems that Seagull produced some Minolta under licence. The 50mm was a 1.8 . Bravo !


PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PBFACTS wrote:
memetph wrote:
Minolta had also a 50 1.7.
There are different options:
The Soligor is a fake f1.8
The Minolta is actually a f1.8
The Minolta is a 1.8 reduced to f2 ( like the 55mm Takumar) Question



1- Look at the ring stop
The max aperture position (the pointer) for soligor lens is at ~f:2 and on the minolta at ~f:2.4
That is certainly the TRUE opening

2- I think that the soligor is not from minolta but from seagull (china) which made a minolta copy (body and lens)
(quality of front engraving seems poor)


PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ovim wrote:
I don't have this lens anymore but I found these pics from my flickr account.I think it was made by Komine and it has also been sold as Elicar, Vivitar etc. Sorry I don't have the serial:oops:

Vivitar 2.5/90mm Macro



I own this macro lens for many year, and use it now with adaptor sucessfully on my SONY A7!


PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Funny what "New Old Stock" items do to me when i see them.... it's hard to resist these brandnew and shiny old things... especially at extremely low prices!

I bought a box full of "left-overs" and this came with it: Soligor S/M 28-70mm (MD) and a Soligor 1.7/50 (PK). Took a few quick shots with that zoom, first impressions look good! I had ever seen a standard 50mm Soligor prime before though.

Soligor S/M 28-70mm by René Maly, on Flickr

Soligor MC 50mm f/1.7 by René Maly, on Flickr


PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, another Soligor 50mm, and this time f/1.7! Have you tested the lens?


PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nordentro wrote:
Have you tested the lens?


No, not yet! Will do when i get the time... lot's of work until saturday afternoon....


PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My latest acquisition: uncommon 450mm f8, T xxxxxx serial.



T serial marks this down as a Tamron, which is why I was interested to check it out. Not had much luck with previous f8's of this type - dogs! grey day so just snapped a couple of test pics of the neighbours chimney on the K5. Looks promising: good resolution and little fringing straight from f8. 100% crops, f8, f11.




PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

marcusBMG wrote:
My latest acquisition: uncommon 450mm f8, T xxxxxx serial.
T serial marks this down as a Tamron, which is why I was interested to check it out.


here infos :
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.tamron.co.jp/data/old-lens/olm450f8.htm


PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for that PBFACTS I did google tamron 450mm but didn't find anything.


PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a couple of Soligor lenses I haven't seen in this thread. A 400/6.3 and a 135/2.8. My apologies if they've had a mention and I missed it.





An image from each:
A crop from the full frame of the moon with the 400
.


I want to reshoot the moon with a Helios 3X teleconverter but so far I've not had the combination of clear sky and visible moon.

A crop from the centre of the full frame taken with the 135



PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My 135 is slightly different - M163**** serial number with different style engraving, I think yours is newer? It's a great lens, one of the first MF lenses I bought and one I won't sell, it's plenty sharp and has great character.
Your 400 is the same as mine, very similar serial number, and is another good lens. I have to say that my Vivitar 400 / 5.6 is a sharper, but that doesn't make the Soligor a bad lens, because it isn't.


PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lloydy wrote:
My 135 is slightly different - M163**** serial number with different style engraving, I think yours is newer? It's a great lens, one of the first MF lenses I bought and one I won't sell, it's plenty sharp and has great character.
Your 400 is the same as mine, very similar serial number, and is another good lens. I have to say that my Vivitar 400 / 5.6 is a sharper, but that doesn't make the Soligor a bad lens, because it isn't.


If I've understood what been in previous posts and in the 28mm thread my 135 was made by Sun in 1986. I only got it today in a charity shop. The 400 I picked up again in a charity shop last September, pictures taken with it on its first outing were chosen for publication over ones taken with a lens costing 100 times as much.


PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

See post above re soligor (tamron) 450mm + pics

Now my question is: is this H-xxxxxx serial soligor 450mm the same lens?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351402691205?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

UPDATE and this one is clearly different. 2xxxxx serial = ? sun



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PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd say the 450 is the same series as the 400.


PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lloydy wrote:
I'd say the 450 is the same series as the 400.

sorry lloydy I don't follow. Anyway there are at least 3 versions (see updated post above): T-xxxxxx (tamron); Hxxxxxx (?tokina); 27xxxxx (? sun).


PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The moon taken with Soligor 400/6.3 and Helios 3x teleconverter.



PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:50 pm    Post subject: 2xxxxxx soligors Reply with quote

By coincidence, both opportunistically purchased soligors arrived today, and both are classic style chrome eared t-mount 2xxxxx serials. Does that indicate Sun?

35mm f2.8


300mm f5.5


PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your serial numbers on both lenses begin with 2 which I believe indicate they are Sun made. Very Happy

They should do well for you.

Regards,

Gavin


PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got my 1st Soligor, and it's the MC 300mm f/4.5.

From what I can gather about this model, it's sourced from Cimko due to the 'diamond arrow'. EDIT: I believe it's actually made by Sun Optics.

f/4.5 isn't usable, lacking sharpness. The next stop on the ring is f/8! (Maybe they should have labeled this a 300mm f/8!)
Here's where results are sharp, and good to f/13.
Pleasantly surprised how light it is, and how good the image is once stopped down. No aberrations, or heavy fringing detected.
It has a pretty deep built-in lens hood. Only detraction is it has no tripod collar.


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Soligor C/D 35-105mm f3.5 macro

all @f3.5






PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:35 pm    Post subject: soligor (tamron) 350mm f5.6 Reply with quote

I wasn't impressed with a chrome eared 9xxxx one, but this T-xxxxx tamron made one is good!



f8, samsung NX20.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Someone has loved that lens in the past, looks well used but not abused. I think I'm begining to prefer lenses that look like that as opposed to mint.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bychance wrote:
Someone has loved that lens in the past, looks well used but not abused. I think I'm begining to prefer lenses that look like that as opposed to mint.

+100 ! Smile

I have some looking like that and they're all very good.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Tamron made Soligors are in general good lenses. I have the 250mm f/4.5 which I love Like 1 small