Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shot! I had a Spiratone SLR lens in the 70s and if I remember right it was quite good. I think it was for my Konica Autoreflex T3 (N?). I too have the 45-200 Lumix and I don't think yours is a 'hot one' cause mine seems to be just as good. Love the lens on my GH1. Jim Laird On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Memories! ?I used to order from Spiratone all the time when I was first > setting up my darkroom and trying to do it as cheaply as possible. > ?Spiratone had all kinds of strange photo equipment that could not be found > anywhere else. > > I love the redhead! > > Tina > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Roger Rubin <vroger at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All: >> No...I am not talking about the young lady in the image- Let me tell a >> short >> story- Once upon a time- there was this wonderful accessory business in >> New >> York, on Seventh Avenue, called: *Spiratone*. The owner was a man named >> Fred >> Spira who imported accessories from Japan. This was before China could do >> anything but spout anti-US propoganda. In any event, Spiratone (you can >> see >> their ads in old issues of Pop Photo) sold fabulous accessories from >> filters >> to lenses to gadget bags. I remember buying a gadget bag which when stood >> on >> end was half my height. In any event, I bougt an enlarging lens there with >> the Spiratone brand on it. It was a "hot lens". When I made prints I could >> count the hair on a person's head. It was better than a later EL NIKKOR. >> The >> lens was lost in a move sometime later, but I never forgot the fact that >> sometimes even in a production run, you have certain products that are >> better than others. I feel that way about the lens that took the annexed >> image. I took the image yesterday at street fair in NY, and it is a Lumix >> 45-200 zoom. I am stunned at the results, much as I was when I saw the >> results of the "Naked Cowgirl" which I posted last week. I cannot >> recommend >> this lens highy enough. Of course I feel that I received a "hot item" -The >> results speak for themselves. >> >> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/12876934_mcwC3#938577028_qdonw-XL-LB >> >> SPIRATONE ADVERT- BEFORE MY TIME- BUT IT CONTINUED THROUGH THE 80S. >> >> http://www.jollinger.com/photo/ads/ads_052.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >