The Vivitar 75-260mm f/4.5 Tele-Zoom T-4 mount lens was marketed by Ponder and Best (Vivitar) in the late 1960s. It was part of a family of T-4 mount lenses. The T-4 mount could be adapted to most commonly used camera mounts of the era. The February/March 1969 issue of Camera 35 magazine notes the similarity of the Vivitar T-4 lenses to the Soligor T-4 lenses. The two companies worked together on the design of the T-4 system and it is believed both the Vivitar and Soligor T-4 lenses were manufactured by Tokina with slight customizations made to the specifications of each company.
Specifications
- Badging: Vivitar
- Manufacturer: Tokina
- Manufacture Date: ca 1969
- Focal Length: 75-260mm
- Aperture Range: f/4.5 - f/22
- Diaphragm Type: Automatic
- Diaphragm Blades: unknown
- Filter Diameter: 67mm
- Minimum Focus: 1.8m (6 ft)
- Mounts: T-4 (adapters for Canon FL, Exakta, M42, Nikon, Pellix, Minolta SRT, Miranda Sensorex)
- Elements: unknown
- Groups: unknown
- Weight: unknown
- Accessories: unknown
- Example Serial Numbers: 3720317, 3707203
- Original Stock Number(s): unknown