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Source of data

• Manufacturer's technical data.

Manufacturer description

Exceptionally fast for a lens of this zoom range, the 75-250mm takes you all the way from pleasing portraits to long telephoto, without changing lenses. Exceptionally fast variable aperture of f3.8-4.5 for low-light photography. Continuous macro focusing with maximum reproduction of 1:2.5 life size. One-touch zoom and focus control for ease and speed of operation. Multicoated, like all Vivitar lenses, to reduce flare and increase light transmission. Accessory size of 62mm.

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).
• The actual manufacturer of a Vivitar lens can be identified by the first digits of the serial number: 09 - Cosina, 13 - Schneider-Kreuznach, 19 - Sigma, 22 - Kino Precision Industries, 25 - Ozone Optical, 28 - Komine, 32 - Makina Optical, 33 - Asanuma, 37 - Tokina, 42 - Eugen Bauer, 44 - Perkin Elmer, 47 - Chinon, 51 - Tokyo Trading, 56 - Kyoe Shoji, 61 - Samyang, 6x - Olympus, 75 - Hoya, 77 - Kobori, 81 - Polar, 9x - Cosina. This numbering system, however, was used by Vivitar only between 1969 and 1991 (approx.).
• This Vivitar lens has s/n 28xxxxxx, therefore it was produced by Komine.

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