# Soligor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Soligor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Soligor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soligor > Source revision: 1352958584 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox company | name = Soligor GmbH | image = Soligor lens Wide-Auto 28mm, f 2.8-4633.jpg | image_caption = Soligor brand camera lens | founded = {{start date and age|1968}} | former_name = A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH (until 1993) | parent = Allied Impex Corporation (USA) | hq_location_city = [Leinfelden-Echterdingen](/source/Leinfelden-Echterdingen), [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg) | hq_location_country = Germany }} '''Soligor''' was originally the trade mark for the American Allied Impex Corporation, used from 1956 for lenses and later cameras imported from Japan. It imported cameras from Japan and also took control of companies in Japan. Among the first products was [Miranda T](/source/Miranda_T) camera and Soligor lenses.{{Cite book |last=Matanle |first=Ivor |title=Collecting and using classic SLRs : with 385 photographs |date=1997 |isbn=0-500-01726-3 |location=New York |pages=171 |oclc=35753357}} '''Soligor GmbH''' is a German manufacturer of [photographic](/source/photographic) equipment, [optics](/source/optics), [video surveillance](/source/video_surveillance) equipment, and personal electronics. Founded in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart) in 1968 as '''A.I.C. Phototechnik GmbH''' by Allied Impex Corporation (USA), the company changed its official name in 1993 to match the brand name used on its optical products. Most commonly encountered products were manufactured in Japan (to quite a reasonable standard-many by [Tokina](/source/Tokina)) under the Soligor brand, as well as [Miranda](/source/Miranda_Camera_Company) (which was acquired by Allied Impex in the 1960s). The company also seems to have had an association with [Vivitar](/source/Vivitar) (the T4 interchangeable mount, for instance). The company is currently located in [Leinfelden-Echterdingen](/source/Leinfelden-Echterdingen), just outside Stuttgart, in [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg). == T4 interchangeable mount == Most famously associated with Soligor, designed in the 1960s (apparently by Tokina), the T4 mount was intended to compete with [Tamron](/source/Tamron)'s T-thread, and the later Adapt-A-Matic mounts. The idea behind these mounts was 'one lens, any mount'. A retailer, for instance, only had to keep one lens model and a few, cheap mounts, rather than many lenses in every different lens mount. It allowed automatic aperture, aperture indexing/metering facilities. Mounts were offered in almost all popular fittings. It was superseded by the TX system, sold by Vivitar (though the T4 mount was compatible with TX lenses.) Vivitar as a brand name was owned by Ponder & Best at this time (T4 for Two). * T4 interchangeable mounts were produced for: ** [Canon FL](/source/Canon_FD) (same as FD) ** [Exakta](/source/Exakta) ** [Icarex BM](/source/Icarex_BM) ** [Leicaflex](/source/Leicaflex) ** [Minolta SR](/source/Minolta_SR_mount) (Uses MC and MD line of lenses) ** Miranda bayonet (Model F, G, & Sensomat) ** Miranda Sensorex (with meter coupling arm) ** [Nikon](/source/Nikon) F (non-AI) ** [Pentax/Praktica universal screw (M42)](/source/M42_lens_mount) ** [Petri](/source/Petri) ** [Topcon](/source/Topcon) RE == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20111006115745/http://www.soligor.com/}} * [https://www.apotelyt.com/photo-lens/soligor-catalog Soligor Lens Compendium] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120612105248/http://olypedia.de/Soligor Soligor in olypedia.de] (extensive illustrated article in German) * [https://archive.today/20130222034001/http://canon-eos.serveblog.net/frames/lenses_af_soligor.htm Canon EOS Technoclopedia: Soligor AF Lenses for Canon EF] - a lens chart with technical data and comments Category:Photography equipment manufacturers of Germany Category:Lens manufacturers Category:German brands {{Germany-company-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Soligor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soligor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soligor?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.