VIVITAR SERIES 1 70-210mm f/3.5 VMC MACRO FOCUSING AUTO ZOOM

JP S51-63635 — Rinzo Watanabe, Ellis I. Betensky

15 ELEMENTS / 10 GROUPS
70-210mm (PATENT 70-205mm)
f/3.5 (PATENT 1:3.65)
MACRO 1:2.2 / 80 mm WORKING DISTANCE
ALL-SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

Group I unit focus to about 2 m from the image plane; tele-end macro focus by equal objectward movement of Groups II and III at fixed 6.000 mm separation.

Optical Elements (15 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusSF1 (SUMITA legacy catalog; HIKARI J-SF1 equivalent)
L2Biconvex PositiveSK5 (SUMITA legacy catalog; HIKARI J-SK5 equivalent)
L3Positive MeniscusBK1 (SUMITA legacy catalog; OHARA BSL1 equivalent)
L4Biconvex PositiveSF11 (SUMITA legacy catalog; HIKARI J-SF11 equivalent)
L5Biconcave NegativeBAF11 (SUMITA legacy catalog; HIKARI J-BAF11 equivalent)
L6Biconcave NegativeBAF11 (SUMITA legacy catalog; HIKARI J-BAF11 equivalent)
L7Biconcave NegativeK5 (SUMITA legacy catalog)
L8Positive MeniscusF1 (SUMITA legacy catalog; HIKARI J-F1 equivalent)
L9Biconvex PositiveFK5 class (SUMITA legacy / HIKARI J-FK5)
L10Negative MeniscusSF6 (SUMITA legacy catalog; HIKARI J-SF6 equivalent)
L11Positive MeniscusFK5 class (SUMITA legacy / HIKARI J-FK5)
L12Biconvex PositiveFK5 class (SUMITA legacy / HIKARI J-FK5)
L13Biconcave NegativeBAF9 (SUMITA legacy catalog)
L14Negative MeniscusLAFN2 (SUMITA legacy; OHARA S-LAM59 equivalent)
L15Biconvex PositiveLF2 (SUMITA legacy catalog; OHARA PBL22 equivalent)