Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, Spiratone... ... brings back old memories. Weren't they the first to offer a cheap but well performing zoom lens? It was a push-pull, I think. I also bought a 400 mm tele from them for my Pentax Spotmatic that I used on my two trips to Kenya. Oh, *really* nice picture, too, BTW. Regards, Dick On Jul 18, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Roger Rubin 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