Talk:Vivitar

Vivitar Lens Families

This list was started with information provided by posted on the Manual Focus Lens forum. Once the list seems stable and complete, it should be incorporated into the main page.

• P&B example
• P&B Vivitar example
• Vivitar Professional example
• Vivitar
  • 5xxxx preset family
  • 6xxxx preset family
  • 7xxxx preset family
  • TX Lens System family (lens listing from PopSci May 1976 vivitar ad, page 43)
    • 28mm f2.5
    • 35mm f2.5
    • 135mm f2.5
    • 200mm f3.5
    • 300mm f5.6
    • 400mm f5.6
    • 75-260mm f4.5
    • 90-230mm f4.5
  • Bright Band family example
  • Chrome Nose family example
  • Pyramid preset family example example
  • 2 window preset family example
• Vivitar Series 1 example

Other Lens Types

RL Edition example (common wisdom online suggests RL lenses were identical to non-RL but came with an extended 7 year warranty. So any given lens might come in both a "normal" or RL edition but RL is not a separate family of lenses.

In the Vivitar book by John C. Wolf. Vivitar themselves divided their lenses into three primary groupings: Series 1, TX, and Fixed Mount.