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'''Vivitar''' was an American distributor of photographic equipment and is currently a brand name of the company Syntax-Brillian.
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'''Vivitar''' is an American distributor of photographic equipment.
  
 
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Originally founded as '''Ponder & Best, Inc.''', the company was established in Hollywood in 1938<REF> [http://www.vivitar.co.uk/about/ Company outline] of the Vivitar UK website. </REF> as a distributor of photographic products by the German immigrants Max Ponder and John Best. The corporate name was changed to Vivitar in 1979 upon the success of its leading brand name. Over the years, Vivitar became a multinational manufacturing and marketing company with subsidiaries in Japan, West Germany, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland. Though never a camera manufacturer, it has sold cameras under its own label since 1975.
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Originally founded as '''Ponder & Best, Inc.''', the company was established in Hollywood in 1938 as a distributor of photographic products by the German immigrants Max Ponder and John Best.<REF name="Vivitar UK history"> [http://web.archive.org/web/20070531165602/http://www.vivitar.co.uk/about/ Company outline] of the Vivitar UK website (Web Archive version, 31 May 2007). </REF> The corporate name was changed to '''Vivitar Corp.''' in 1979 upon the success of its leading brand name.<REF name="Vivitar UK history" /> Over the years, Vivitar became a multinational manufacturing and marketing company with subsidiaries in Japan, West Germany, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland.<REF name="Vivitar UK history" /> Though never a camera manufacturer, it has sold cameras under its own label since 1975.
  
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The company was bought on November 21, 2006 by '''Syntax-Brillian Corp.'''<REF> [http://www.syntaxbrillian.com/company/history.html Company history] of the Syntax-Brillian website. </REF>
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The company was bought on November 21, 2006 by Syntax-Brillian Corp.,<REF> [http://web.archive.org/web/20070822012030/http://www.syntaxbrillian.com/company/history.html Company history] of the Syntax-Brillian website (Web Archive version, 22 August 2007). </REF> then on August 21, 2008 by Sakar International.<REF> [http://www.vivitar.com/news.php?id=6 News release] at the Vivitar website. </REF>
  
 
== Film cameras ==
 
== Film cameras ==
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* [http://www.vivitar.com/ Vivitar official website]
 
* [http://www.vivitar.com/ Vivitar official website]
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* [http://www.syntaxbrillian.com/company/history.html Company history] of the [http://www.syntaxbrillian.com/home.html Syntax-Brillian official website]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070822012030/http://www.syntaxbrillian.com/company/history.html Company history] of the Syntax-Brillian official website (Web Archive version, 22 August 2007)
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* [http://www.vivitar.co.uk/about/ Company outline] of the [http://www.vivitar.co.uk/ Vivitar UK website]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070531165602/http://www.vivitar.co.uk/about/ Company outline] of the Vivitar UK website (Web Archive version, 31 May 2007)
 
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/VivLensManuf.htm Who Made that Vivitar Lens?] article by Steve Gandy at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest]
 
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/VivLensManuf.htm Who Made that Vivitar Lens?] article by Steve Gandy at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest]
 
* [http://www.mflenses.com/content/view/59/ Vivitar Series I] by Robert Monaghan at [http://www.mflenses.com Manual Focus Lenses]
 
* [http://www.mflenses.com/content/view/59/ Vivitar Series I] by Robert Monaghan at [http://www.mflenses.com Manual Focus Lenses]

Revision as of 21:17, 5 July 2009

Vivitar is an American distributor of photographic equipment.

History

Originally founded as Ponder & Best, Inc., the company was established in Hollywood in 1938 as a distributor of photographic products by the German immigrants Max Ponder and John Best.[1] The corporate name was changed to Vivitar Corp. in 1979 upon the success of its leading brand name.[1] Over the years, Vivitar became a multinational manufacturing and marketing company with subsidiaries in Japan, West Germany, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland.[1] Though never a camera manufacturer, it has sold cameras under its own label since 1975.

The company was bought on November 21, 2006 by Syntax-Brillian Corp.,[2] then on August 21, 2008 by Sakar International.[3]

Film cameras

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Vivitar TW 35
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Vivitar CV35
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Vivitar A35

Lenses

Series I lenses

Vivitar Series I lenses represent the top products in Vivitar history.

  • 24-48mm f/3.8 zoom
  • 28-90mm f/2.8 zoom
  • 28-105mm f/2.8 zoom
  • 35-85mm f/2.8 variable focus
  • 70-210mm f/3.5 zoom
  • 90-180mm f/4.5 zoom
  • 105mm f/2.5 macro 1:1

Digital cameras

  • Vivitar DSC 350
  • Vivitar ViviCam 10
  • Vivitar ViviCam 10b
  • Vivitar ViviCam 20
  • Vivitar ViviCam 2655
  • Vivitar ViviCam 2775
  • Vivitar ViviCam 2795
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3200
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3305
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3315
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3330
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3340
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3345
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3350
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3355
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3500
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3540
  • Vivitar ViviCam 355
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3550
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3555T
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3610
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3615
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3620
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3625
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3630
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3632
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3635
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3640
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3655
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3665
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3675
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3695
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3705
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3715
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3725
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3730
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3735
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3740
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3745
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3746
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3750
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3755
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3765
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3815
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3825
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3826 (aka Vivitar V3826)
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3915
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3930
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3935
  • Vivitar ViviCam 3945s
  • Vivitar ViviCam 40
  • Vivitar ViviCam 4000
  • Vivitar ViviCam 4100
  • Vivitar ViviCam 5
  • Vivitar ViviCam 50
  • Vivitar ViviCam 55
  • Vivitar ViviCam 60

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Company outline of the Vivitar UK website (Web Archive version, 31 May 2007).
  2. ↑ Company history of the Syntax-Brillian website (Web Archive version, 22 August 2007).
  3. ↑ News release at the Vivitar website.

Bibliography

  • Wolf, John C. The Vivitar Guide. ISBN 9780871650658.

Links

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In French:

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