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Purchase of telephoto lens for manual camera I have a Vivitar 4000s manual camera and want to buy a telephoto lens (70-300 or so). I have been searching ebay and other websites but a little confused. I found a lens that meets my needs but not sure if it will fit my camera. It says it is a Vivitar lens but fits a Canon camera. Will it also fit my camera?
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Hello Rob, you can buy any lense that works with your camera but it has to have a Vivitar mount. The Vivitar lens with a Canon mount you mentioned above will not fit your camera. You dont have to stick with a Vivitar lense however, you can use which ever brand you prefer but make sure the mount is Vivitar. Most companies that make lenses will have mounts for nearly every camera - if you buy from a camera shop they hopefully will ask you what you need but if you are doing it with e-bay you will have to make sure you ask the seller what it is. good luck. -Pamela Lammersen
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Jon Close |
Vivitar (along with Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Promaster, Phoenix, Cosina, Samyang,...) make their lenses is different mounts to fit Canon, Nikon, Minolta, and Pentax cameras. A Vivitar lens in the Canon mount can only be used on a Canon camera. The Vivitar cameras use the Pentax K-mount. You can use Pentax lenses or any other maker's lens with the Pentax, or K-, mount.
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