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Spiratone was an American distributor, founded by Fred Spira in 1941.[1] The company had a store on West 27th Street, N.Y., which was opened in 1946.[1] It distributed lenses and all sorts of camera and darkroom accessories. It closed its doors in 1990.
As a kid my father would take me too camera row. We would do Minifilm, Wiloughby's, Camera Barn, Olden and Spiratone. Some of the fondest memories I have of NYC in early 1960's. Don@eastwestphoto.[1]
Products[]
Lenses[]
- Spiratone Fish-eye 7mm f/5.6
- Spiratone Fish-eye 12mm f/5.6
- Spiratone Fish-eye 12mm f/8
- Spiratone Pluracoat Ultra Wideangle 17mm f3.5
- Spiratone YS 18mm f/3.2
- Spiratone YS 18mm f/3.5
- Spiratone Pluracoat Ultra 18mm f/3.5
- Spiratone Plura-Coat 20mm f/2.8
- Spiratone Wideangle YS 28mm f/2.8
- Spiratone Plura-Coat 28mm f/2.8
- Spiratone Automatic 35mm f/2.8
- Spiratone Macrotar 35mm f/3.5 (micro head)
- Spiratone Flat Field Macro 75mm f/3.5 (bellows head)
- Spiratone Tc 135mm f/2.8 preset
- Spiratone YS 135mm f1.8 (Goyo Optical)
- Spiratone Plura-Coat 135mm f1.8 (Mitake)
- Spiratone Macrotel 150mm f/4.5 (bellows head)
- Spiratone Telephoto 400mm f/6.3
- Spiratone Mirror-Ultratel 500mm f/8 (mirror lens)
- Spiratone Minitel-M 500mm f/8 (mirror lens)
- Spiratone-Sun Electric Zoom 85-210mm f/4.8, T mount
Other[]
- Spiratone Bellowscope bellows, T mount
- Spiratone Proxiscope Sr. focusing rail
- Spiratone Bi-Rail focusing rail
- Spiratone Vario-Dupliscope slide copier
- Spiratone Circo-Mirrotach 90-degree lens attachment
- Spiratone focusing extension tubes in various camera mounts
Links[]
In English:
- Obituary of Fred Spira by Dennis Hevesi in the New York Times
- Spiratone Fish-eye 12mm f/8 at TheSyberSite
- Spiratone close-up equipment at the Olympus / Zuiko blog
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Obituary of Fred Spira in the New York Times.