Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]one of my favorites was a "fisheye" that featured a domed reflector that was housed in a transparent tube and mounted on the front of a regular lens. I had their 20 mm which was okay and their t-mount bellows and enjoyed their printing papers for year. never had as many of their gizmos, as I'd have liked. ric On Jul 19, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Hi Dick, > > I think we all have some connection to Spiratone, at least if we are over > 50. I currently have in the closet a Spiratone bellows attachment and > lens that was made to fit an Exacta. I seem to recall one other lens, > perhaps a wide-angle, also for the Exacta. Of course, my Exacta died > years ago. :~(( > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at > comcast.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] I'VE GOT A HOT ONE!!! > > >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information