Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >