Talk:Vivitar

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Just a question of opinion.... The article says the company supplies "very good at a very cheap price. It is not a very popular supplier but it has many good products." Just seems to me this may not be entirely neutral. Popher 23:05, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, very good point. It's not controversial, really, so I'll just go ahead and edit out the clause for now, but if someone objects, we can always revert. Jazzcello 07:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I removed a cut and paste job that lifted info directly from the vivitar site -- Whpq 20:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Having the good specs
I know that collecting infos and specs about those lenses is not as easy as for other brands. And this article lack THE source that anyone with Vivitar products is looking at. Then I'm not sure that the zoom spec of the 75-300mm is wrong or if two versions were made. The one I own is a 1:4.5-5.6 and not 5.8 as stated. Kumeon (talk) 13:42, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

incomplete list of lenses?
I used to have an Olympus OM-2 SLR camera. Apart from the Vivitar 283 flash mentioned in this article, I also had a Vivitar 70-150 "close focus zoom", with a "matched multiplier". The latter was a 2x teleconverter. The zoom lens also sported a built-in retractable lens hood. I have happily used this set until it's automatic diaphragm function broke down, about 5 years ago. This lens looked similar, if shorter, to the one in the photograph thumb next to the article, which has the same close focus feature. I recall that when I bought it - in New York's Jewish quarter, 1978 - Vivitar had just started selling more expensive 70-150's without the near-macro ability but with the "forward-backward" zooming sleeve which - for reasons I can only guess at ;-) - was the in thing at the time.

For what it's worth...

Jaap1943 (talk) 01:59, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

p.s.: Neat article, though!


 * These are "Vivitar 70-150mm f/3.8 (1 and 2-touch, made by Kiron)" - you had the two-touch version (with separate zoom and focus rings), I have the one-touch version, which has a single push-pull zoom/focus grip. The company had a thing for matched multipliers; as you point out they were just teleconverters, but by calling them "matched multipliers" Vivitar cleverly made them sound special, as if they had been hand-fitted at the factory. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:19, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Distinction between original Vivitar, and new Vivitar as a Sakar-owned brand&hellip;
It seems to me that this article is unreasonably vague, in distinguishing among &ldquo;Vivitar&rdquo; products between those made by the original now-defunct Vivitar company, and those later made by Sakar and sold under the Vivitar name. Really, it's two different companies. Perhaps it calls for two separate articles, but at the very least, I think there needs to be a clear delineation. Bob Blaylock (talk) 01:45, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

"Vivicam3915" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Vivicam3915 and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 June 4 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Streetlampguy301 (talk) 20:04, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Location of Ponder and Best in 1964 and 1965
I worked for Ponder and Best in 1964 and 1965 and they were located on Cole Ave across the street from the DMV not at the address in this article. The man who managed the lens department was named Meyerhoffer. There were Japanese, French and German Repair Depts. One of the women showed me the tattoo the Nazis had given her. A man named Dieter told me he had been in the Hitler Youth in Germany. I was their Girl Friday and one of my duties was to file the warranty cards in the various departments. Ponder and Best imported the first Lava Lights as I recall and they had a demo in their sales office. It was a wonderful place to work. 2601:603:380:F10:2C54:403B:2CA8:C763 (talk) 02:10, 1 October 2022 (UTC)