Vivitar
Vivitar is an American distributor of photographic equipment.
Contents
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 |
- Crayola Sport 35
- Vivitar 300Z
- Vivitar 35EE
- Vivitar 35EM
- Vivitar 35ES
- Vivitar 400/SL
- Vivitar 450/SLD
- Vivitar A35
- Vivitar Cosmorex SE
- Vivitar CV35
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| Vivitar CV35 |
- Vivitar IC 101 Panorama
- Vivitar PN2011
- Vivitar PN919
- Vivitar TW 35
- Vivitar V2000
- Vivitar V3000
- Vivitar V3800N
- Vivitar V4000
- Vivitar V335
- Vivitar XB200
- Vivitar XC-2
- Vivitar XC-3
- Vivitar XM1K (APS)
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| Vivitar A35 |
Lenses
- Vivitar 28mm f/2.5 Wide-Angle
- Vivitar 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.8 Macro Focusing Zoom 52mm
- Vivitar 200mm f/3.5
- Vivitar 50mm f/1.7
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Company outline of the Vivitar UK website (Web Archive version, 31 May 2007).
- ↑ Company history of the Syntax-Brillian website (Web Archive version, 22 August 2007).
- ↑ News release at the Vivitar website.
Bibliography
- Wolf, John C. The Vivitar Guide. ISBN 9780871650658.
Links
In English:
- Vivitar official website
- Company history of the Syntax-Brillian official website (Web Archive version, 22 August 2007)
- Company outline of the Vivitar UK website (Web Archive version, 31 May 2007)
- Who Made that Vivitar Lens? article by Steve Gandy at Cameraquest
- Vivitar Series I by Robert Monaghan at Manual Focus Lenses
- Photographs by the Vivitar 28/2.5 and Vivitar 300/3.5 at Manual Focus Lenses
- Vivitar film camera instruction manuals at Orphancameras.com
- Vivitar's flash unit instruction manuals
In French:
- Vivitar page at Collection G. Even's site
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
