Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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