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    Soligor 180 mm f/ 3.5
    Soligor 180 mm f/ 3.5

    Soligor 180 mm f/ 3.5

    180mm · f/3.5

    Overview

    The Soligor 180mm f/3.5 is a manual-focus telephoto lens with a simple optical design. It offers decent sharpness in the center but suffers from softness and chromatic aberration at the edges, especially wide open (AllPhotoLenses user review). Build quality is typical for its era—all-metal with smooth focus, but the aperture ring can be stiff. It suits photographers who want an affordable vintage telephoto for portraits or distant subjects, provided they can work around its optical limitations.