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Post by bayoufoto on Sept 11, 2007 15:39:28 GMT -5
Any one know who manufactured it? I am thinking it was Kiron
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Post by doubs43 on Sept 11, 2007 17:10:53 GMT -5
In most case, the first two digits of the serial number will tell you who made a Vivitar lens. There is a list of makers identified by the numbers here: www.cameraquest.com/VivLensManuf.htmWalker |
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Post by PeterW on Sept 11, 2007 19:55:02 GMT -5
Thanks for that link, Walker. I've bookmarked it. So my Canon-fit Vivitar 80-200 no. 22811xxx was made by Kino/Kiron in November of either 1978 or 1988. It's breech-lock, so possibly it's 1978.
PeterW
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Post by Rachel on Sept 12, 2007 3:15:30 GMT -5
Peter, it seems to me that all third-party Canon FD lenses used the old style breechlock with rotating ring rather than the new style one without rotating ring.
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Post by bayoufoto on Sept 12, 2007 21:08:56 GMT -5
I got the lens, today. It is a beauty and a big brute
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