Soligor 70-160 f/3.5

<p>My 70-160 has a wobble betwwun between the variable macro sction and the main body of the lens. Also the aperture blades are not closing past f/11. Can I get this lens repaired? It's much less expensive than the similar Pentax 50-135 f/2.8 SDM AF!</p>

 

<p>There are a plethora of ca. 70mm to ~200mm zooms available in M42 mount, stop-down versions for much less than a repair would cost, if you were (subjunctive case) able to find anyone brave enough to tackle it.<br>

Whether you could find precisely this lens on eBay for a replacement is a crap shoot. It's not a common range in my experience. <br>

Soligors were good value for the money in their time, but most of their lenses are not among the all-time great cult lenses.</p>

<p>Or is this some kind of AF lens in a derived K-mount, since you compare it to a more modern Pentax lens? We need more information.</p>

<p>If you're looking in that zoom range, it might be possible to find the Vivitar Series 1 70-210, which was pretty plentiful in many mounts, and performed well. I've gotten a couple of those that cost not much more than it would cost for a technician even to look at the Soligor.</p>

<p>Recently saw one or two of them on ebay. If you want the same model lens check there from time to time.</p>