Vivitar Tele 500mm F/6.3
Super telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · No data
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · No data
- Original name:
- · TELE Vivitar 1:6.3 f=500mm
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame super telephoto prime lens
- · Professional model
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 500mm | |
| F/6.3 | |
| 3 elements in 2 groups | |
| Interchangeable mount (T) | |
| 5° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Preset |
Aperture control: | Preset ring + Aperture ring |
| 18 (eighteen) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 10m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 1673g | |
| ⌀95×431.8mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Removable front filters are not accepted | |
| <No data> | |
| <No data> |
Sources of data
- Vivitar Wide Angle, Telephoto, and Zoom Lenses for 35mm SLR Cameras booklet (May 1968).
- Vivitar Preset Wide Angle, Telephoto and Zoom Lenses with Compatible T Mount System booklet (September 1974).
Manufacturer description
KEY FEATURES
- 10X image magnification for dramatic telephoto effects
- Adjustable tripod socket
- Carrying case and lens hood included
From the editor
"Vivitar Wide Angle, Telephoto, and Zoom Lenses for 35mm SLR Cameras" booklet (May 1968) indicates the closest focusing distance of 3 ft. only, but that's definitely a typo. It is actually 33 ft. (=10m).
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.).
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| ■Interchangeable mount (11) | |||||||||
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| Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 500mm F/5.6 | P | 4 - 4 | 6.00m | ⌀118 | 1965 ● | ||||
| Pentacon Prakticar 500mm F/5.6 MC | P | 4 - 4 | 6.00m | ⌀118 | ● | ||||
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| Samyang 500mm F/8 IF ED MC akaRokinon 500mm F/8 IF ED MC | -- | 5 - 4 | 10.00m | ⌀67 | ● | ||||
| Tamron 450mm F/8 [T] akaSoligor 450mm F/8 | P | 4 - 2 | 8.00m | ⌀67 | 1963 ● | ||||
| Kelda 500mm F/8 IF MC [T] akaDorr Danubia 500mm F/8 BV akaJintu 500mm F/8 IF MC | P | 4 - 4 | 10.00m | ⌀67 | ● | ||||
| ■M42 mount (6) | |||||||||
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| Kuribayashi K.C. Petri Orikkor 500mm F/8 | P | 2 - 1 | 9.10m | -- | 1959 ● | ||||
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| Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Fernobjektiv 500mm F/8 | M | 2 - 1 | 6.00m | E77 | 1952 ● | ||||
| ■Canon FD mount (4) | |||||||||
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| Canon FDn 500mm F/4.5L | A | 8 - 7 | 5.00m | -- | 1981 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF 500mm F/4.5 APO ZEN | A | 10 - 8 | 5.00m | -- | 1988 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF Telephoto 500mm F/7.2 APO Multi-Coated ZEN | A | 12 - 9 | 3.50m | ⌀72 | 1990 ● | ||||
| ■Nikon F mount (4) | |||||||||
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| Sigma MF 500mm F/4.5 APO ZEN | A | 10 - 8 | 5.00m | -- | 1988 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF Telephoto 500mm F/7.2 APO Multi-Coated ZEN | A | 12 - 9 | 3.50m | ⌀72 | 1990 ● | ||||
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| ■Pentax K mount (3) | |||||||||
| smc Pentax 500mm F/4.5 | M | 4 - 4 | 10.00m | -- | 1975 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF 500mm F/4.5 APO ZEN | A | 10 - 8 | 5.00m | -- | 1988 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF Telephoto 500mm F/7.2 APO Multi-Coated ZEN | A | 12 - 9 | 3.50m | ⌀72 | 1990 ● | ||||
| ■Contax/Yashica mount (3) | |||||||||
| Sigma MF 500mm F/4.5 APO ZEN | A | 10 - 8 | 5.00m | -- | 1988 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF Telephoto 500mm F/7.2 APO Multi-Coated ZEN | A | 12 - 9 | 3.50m | ⌀72 | 1990 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Tele-Apotessar T* 500mm F/5.6 [AE] | A | 9 - 7 | 4.90m | -- | 1984 ● | ||||
| ■Konica AR mount (1) | |||||||||
| Sigma MF 500mm F/4.5 APO ZEN | A | 10 - 8 | 5.00m | -- | 1988 ● | ||||
| ■Minolta SR mount (2) | |||||||||
| Sigma MF 500mm F/4.5 APO ZEN | A | 10 - 8 | 5.00m | -- | 1988 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF Telephoto 500mm F/7.2 APO Multi-Coated ZEN | A | 12 - 9 | 3.50m | ⌀72 | 1990 ● | ||||
| ■Olympus OM mount (2) | |||||||||
| Sigma MF 500mm F/4.5 APO ZEN | A | 10 - 8 | 5.00m | -- | 1988 ● | ||||
| Sigma MF Telephoto 500mm F/7.2 APO Multi-Coated ZEN | A | 12 - 9 | 3.50m | ⌀72 | 1990 ● | ||||