Soligor — 90-230mm f/4.5 push-pull telephoto zoom with macro, multi-mount 1970s SLR fit
The Soligor 90-230mm f/4.5 was a long-range push-pull zoom sold under Allied Impex's Soligor line during the 1970s, aimed at photographers wanting one telephoto zoom spanning short tele through to long reach without buying several primes.
Zoom and focus are controlled through a single one-touch collar, and the lens typically included a close-focusing macro setting engaged by twisting past the 90mm end of the ring. As with much of the Soligor range it was distributed across multiple camera-mount fittings rather than tied to one system, so the same barrel could be bought to fit a range of manual-focus SLR bodies of the day.
Optically it behaves like most manual-era slow-aperture superzooms: usable centre sharpness through the middle of the range, softer and lower in contrast toward 230mm, with reduced light transmission at the long end. The macro mode is soft and best suited to flat, well-lit subjects.
Secondhand copies are inexpensive and plentiful, often sold as previously-owned kit-lens clear-outs. Check the zoom and macro collars for smooth, ungritty travel, and confirm the aperture ring clicks and stops correctly through its full range before buying.