Sunagor — manual-focus 28-80mm f/3.5-4.5 standard zoom with macro, a 1980s budget kit-lens alternative
The Sunagor 28-80mm f/3.5-4.5 is a manual-focus standard zoom sold from the 1980s by Sunagor, the Trans-World Trading-owned optical brand better known for binoculars. It was marketed through UK mail-order catalogues as a wide-to-short-telephoto alternative to a kit lens.
It is an all-manual MC-coated zoom with a built-in macro setting, described on period boxes as 'MC Zoom Super Range'. Aperture runs from f/3.5 at 28mm to f/4.5 at 80mm. Filter thread, weight and minimum focus distance are not documented in surviving listings or sources.
Collectors on the MFlenses forum traced its optical design to Makinon, a common Japanese OEM supplier behind several rebadged 1980s third-party zooms, rather than a Sunagor-original formula. Owners describe the barrel as noticeably heavy for its size and class.
Surviving copies are inexpensive on UK secondhand sites, most often in Pentax K, Nikon F and Olympus OM fittings. Check the macro switch and zoom action for smooth travel, the aperture blades for oil, and the glass for the haze common in unloved budget zooms.