Soligor 35 - 105 / 3.5 CD zoom

Rusty · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject: Soligor 35 - 105 / 3.5 CD zoom

Not a great fan of zooms , but a great fan of all that comes cheap Laughing

In this light i decided to give this one a try
Big heavy piece of glass with 72mm filter thread
Nice internal non extending zoom
great macro ( close focusing really) setting
m42 with auto or manual aperture
6 bladed aperture

There is some play in the front barrel , not much but enough to make me want to fix is this normal?
it looks like quite a complicated beast to dismantle so i would rather only do it if i must
Advice from anybody with experience with this zoom would be appreciated
the first shots seems promising and it's really sharp for a zoom

also very little difference in sharpness between open and f 8

Something i find quite weird is that it tends to underexpose slightly on the 20D if you open it up to 3.5 ??? Surprised

some handheld test shots at f8 at 35mm and 2nd one 105mm with crop

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gil · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:50 pm Post subject:

Looks usable. Thinking about that plastic bottle shot, maybe some more viewing/shooting opportunities at standing or buried version :~). Just thinking out loud.
cheers,
gil

martinsmith99 · Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6550 Location: S Glos, UK

Looks like a good enough lens to me. Useful length for portraits on your 20D.

What beech is that? It looks cold so I cannot believe it's in South Africa.
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Rusty · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject:

martinsmith99 · Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6550 Location: S Glos, UK

That's pretty extreme!

What did you pay for the lens out of interest and where did you find it?
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Rusty · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject:

It was advertised as untested on one of our local outdoor photo forums for the amount of R120 (about 10 pounds at the current exchange rate)
in SA Rand it's a steal Very Happy

here it's mounted on the spottie for scale

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Attila · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 52453 Location: Budapest,Hungary

NOt bad lens at all I have also an excellent Soligor CD lens what I did swap with Carsten.
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Rusty · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject:

Hi Attila

I think if i can somehow fix the looseness in the front barrel it will be a keeper (for some time at least) Very Happy

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martinsmith99 · Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6550 Location: S Glos, UK

Was the CD range the best of Soligor lenses? I must admit I've never really looked at them thinking they were not so good.
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casualcollector · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject:

I think the C/D (Computer Designed) lenses came along about the time Allied Impex was starting to fall apart. They were supposed to be competitive with Vivitar Series One, but I think AIC had no input on specifications other than styling. Interesting story about their dying days here.

http://www.geocities.com/bill14210/demise/demise.html
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martinsmith99 · Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6550 Location: S Glos, UK

Sounds like it would have been an interestin company to work for. Although these are just the opinions of 1 person.

Thanks for the link
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Rusty · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the interesting information !! Very Happy

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casualcollector · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject:

PB. Thanks for helping another piece of the puzzle fall into place.

Bill
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