Vivitar Telephoto 800mm F/8 Type 2
Super telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · No data
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · Vivitar TELEPHOTO 1:8 f=800mm
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame super telephoto prime lens
- · Professional model
Model history (2)
| ■Vivitar Tele 800mm F/8 Type 1 [T] | P | 2 - 1 | 23.00m | -- | ● | |
| ■Vivitar Telephoto 800mm F/8 Type 2 (s/n 37xxxxxxx) [T] | P | 4 - 2 | 18.00m | -- | ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 800mm | |
| F/8 | |
| 4 elements in 2 groups | |
| Interchangeable mount (T) | |
| 3.1° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Preset |
Aperture control: | Preset ring + Aperture ring |
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| Focusing: | |
| 18m | |
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Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 2268g | |
| ⌀117.5×571.5mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Removable front filters are not accepted | |
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Source of data
- Vivitar Preset Wide Angle, Telephoto and Zoom Lenses with Compatible T Mount System booklet (September 1974).
Manufacturer description
KEY FEATURES
- Exceptionally compact and lightweight for an extreme telephoto lens
- 16X magnification
- Adjustable tripod socket
- External gunsights, lens hood, carrying case and vernier focusing lever included
From the editor
A version with a more complex optical design and a shorter closest focusing distance.
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 37xxxxxxx, therefore it was produced by Tokina.
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Interchangeable mount (5) | |||||||||
| Century Tele-Athenar 800mm F/4.7 II | M | 4 - 2 | 18.00m | -- | 1977 ● | ||||
| Kowa Prominar 850mm F/9.6 FL | M | 14 - 13 | 3.00m | ⌀95 | 2010 ● | ||||
| Soligor 800mm F/8 (s/n 9xxxxxx) [T] | P | 2 - 1 | 25.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| Tele-Tokina 800mm F/8 [T] | P | 4 - 4 | 18.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Tele 800mm F/8 Type 1 [T] | P | 2 - 1 | 23.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| ■Canon FD mount (3) | |||||||||
| Canon FD 800mm F/5.6 S.S.C. | A | 6 - 5 | 14.00m | -- | 1976 ● | ||||
| Canon FD 800mm F/5.6L | A | 7 - 6 | 14.00m | -- | 1979 ● | ||||
| Canon FDn 800mm F/5.6L | A | 7 - 6 | 14.00m | -- | 1981 ● | ||||
| ■Konica AR mount (1) | |||||||||
| Konica Hexanon ARM 800mm F/8 | M | 2 - 1 | 20.00m | -- | 1965 ● | ||||
| ■Minolta SR mount (1) | |||||||||
| Leitz Wetzlar Telyt-S 800mm F/6.3 [11921] | P | 3 - 1 | 12.50m | -- | 1973 ● | ||||
| ■M42 mount (3) | |||||||||
| Mamiya/Sekor SX 800mm F/8 | P | 4 - 4 | 18.00m | -- | 1974 ● | ||||
| Ricoh Rikenon 800mm F/8 | P | 4 - 4 | 18.00m | ⌀112 | ● | ||||
| Yashica Super Yashinon-R 800mm F/8 | P | 2 - 1 | 25.00m | -- | ● | ||||
| ■Nikon F mount (5) | |||||||||
| Nikon AI-S Nikkor 800mm F/8 IF-ED | A | 9 - 7 | 10.00m | ⌀122 | 1982 ● | ||||
| Nikon AI-S Nikkor 800mm F/5.6 IF-ED | A | 8 - 6 | 8.00m | -- | 1986 ● | ||||
| Nikon AI Nikkor 800mm F/8 IF-ED | A | 9 - 7 | 10.00m | ⌀122 | 1978 ● | ||||
| Nippon Kogaku / Nikon Nikkor-P[·C] Auto 800mm F/8 | A | 5 - 5 | 19.00m | ⌀122 | 1964 ● | ||||
| Nikon Nikkor 800mm F/8 ED | A | 5 - 4 | 19.00m | ⌀122 | 1975 ● | ||||
| ■Contax/Yashica mount (1) | |||||||||
| Carl Zeiss Tele-Apotessar T* 800mm F/8 [AE] | A | 8 - 6 | 4.00m | -- | 1984 ● | ||||