Soligor C/D 3.5/35-105

[iangreenhalgh1]

I've had this lens for ages and never got round to trying it. Precious little info on the net on this one, is it a Sun?

I think it's the same, despite some minor aesthetic differences to the lens shown here, with funky bokeh:

http://forum.mflenses.com/soligor-c-d-35-105mm-f3-5-macro-t71733.html

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[visualopsins]

Tokina according to serial number scheme of other Soligors...

[cooltouch]

I have a Sun 24-40/3.5. You lens's cosmetics look exactly like my lens's, although the fonts are slightly different. So I think yours is probably a Sun. And probably a good performer. My 24-40 certainly is.

[visualopsins]

My Sun 24-40



Who made the Hoya shown in http://forum.mflenses.com/hoya-hmc-3-5-35-105-t69313.html and http://forum.mflenses.com/hoya-hmc-zoom-and-macro-35-105mm-13-5-72-t32812.html

[marcusBMG]

Well I did some browsing and this soligor is entirely distinct from the one-touch tokina rmc 35-105mm that was just about all the search hits. I did turn up a super travenar that looks the same, and the Hoya is very similar and tends to corroborate the tokina attribution, hoyas are normally rebadged/remodelled tokinas.
But then I found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eDilHcvHU4

This 2 ring tokina rmc 35-105mm looks the same as the soligor to me. So this is the predecessor to the one touch version, I can guess, of the same series as the 2 ring 70-210mm I have.

UPDATE the vivitar version has a bit different design.

[visualopsins]

Yes! The focal length adjustment also sliding along the barrel should be identical on Soligor...

[iangreenhalgh1]

The Hoya is definitely a Tokina, so it looks like my Soligor is the same lens and also a Tokina.

[visualopsins]

Actually it's the same as the 2 ring Tokina in the youtube video, with the unique focal length ring that slides along the body to enter macro mode.

[cooltouch]

Visualopsins, your Sun 24-40 is a dead ringer to mine, right down to that funky Macro switch. Given the very similar nature of the 24-40's cosmetics to Ian's Soligor's, might it be that Tokina built the Sun 24-40? Or did sun make all of its lenses?

[visualopsins]

Did nobody else watch the video? Ian's Soligor looks identical to the Tokina in the video. Notice the focal length adjustment also slides along the lens barrel; two functions - turn radially, the focal length is adjusted; slide along barrel to enter macro mode. I've never seen other lenses like these!

[fwcetus]

The Soligor looks like the earlier of the two Tokina-built versions of the Vivitar 35-105/3.5, while the Hoya looks a lot like the later version -

http://boggys.co.uk/page115.html

I have a copy of the 2nd Vivitar version in Pentax K-mount (multicoated, too).

[visualopsins]

Whoop there it is....

Thanks fwcetus

[marcusBMG]

I've added a review page at PF, can you guys provide some pics?

[blotafton]

[marcusBMG]

Thanks blotafton..
Those have worked great - I tweaked them slightly.

[fwcetus]

[Lloydy]

I think Ian's lens is a Tokina, the serial number identification that's been arrived at is probably accurate anyway.

I've got four CD lenses, and one early IS lens with Soligor's short lived interchangeable mount that has all the characteristics of the CD range

The 70-210 Macro is the big brother of that 35-105 in every respect, including the 175***** serial number - Tokina

My 28 f2 is also a Tokina with a 174****** number, it has exactly the same gloss finish but slightly different style with cut outs for the focus and aperture numbers


The IS 200 f2.8 also looks cosmetically identical, the rubber grip and paint etc are the same, but it has 379****** serial number - SUN. And the script is also the squared of type that SUN used a lot. And the same script is used on the two short zooms, which also have SUN serial numbers. 38********




There are great similarities between the SUN and the Tokina range of Soligor CD lenses, but enough differences that make me trust the serial numbers.

[bychance]

So, is it any good??