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Specification

Sources of data

• Soligor Universal Automatic T4 Lens System instruction manual.
• SOLIGOR Universal Automatic T-4 Lens System instruction manual (September 1975).
• Miranda Sensorex II instructions (in Japanese).

Manufacturer description

Now in T4: the portrait telephoto.

If any one focal length can be called an "ideal compromise," it's 105mm. Long enough for many tele shots, yet it focuses close enough (with sufficient depth of field) to capture nuances of expression in flattering portraiture.

Well, we've taken this compromise length and built a Professional T4 Automatic Lens around it. So now you can interchange a double-duty lens among your Nikon, Minolta, Miranda, Pentax and Canon SLR bodies.

Of course, we didn't compromise on optics. After all, this new 105mm f/2.8 is a Soligor.

Notes

• Independent-brand lenses were made for 35mm film SLR cameras by companies that competed with the camera manufacturers. Some came from factories that made lenses under their own brand names (Angenieux, Kiron, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina). Many others were national and international marketing organizations (Kalimar, Panagor, Rokunar, Soligor, Starblitz) that bought lenses from anonymous manufacturers. One firm — Vivitar — actually designed its own lenses and accessories, which were then subcontracted to manufacturing firms. Still others were private labels, sold only by specific photo specialty shops (Cambron, Quantaray, Spiratone).
• This Soligor lens has s/n 1xxxxxxx, therefore it was produced by Tokina.

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