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== Products ==
 
== Products ==
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=== Lenses ===
 
* Spiratone-Sun Electric Zoom 85-210mm f/4.8, T mount
 
* Spiratone-Sun Electric Zoom 85-210mm f/4.8, T mount
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* Spiratone Fish-eye 12mm f/8
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=== Other ===
 
* Spiratone Proxiscope Sr. focusing rail
 
* Spiratone Proxiscope Sr. focusing rail
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* Spiratone Vario-Dupliscope slide copier
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
In English:
 
In English:
 
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/arts/14spira.html Obituary of Fred Spira] by Dennis Hevesi in the New York Times
 
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/arts/14spira.html Obituary of Fred Spira] by Dennis Hevesi in the New York Times
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* [http://thesybersite.com/general/12mm-fisheye/index.htm Spiratone Fish-eye 12mm f/8] at [http://thesybersite.com/index.htm TheSyberSite]
  
 
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[[Category: Distributors]]

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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 accessories. It closed its doors in 1990.[1]

Products

Lenses

  • Spiratone-Sun Electric Zoom 85-210mm f/4.8, T mount
  • Spiratone Fish-eye 12mm f/8

Other

  • Spiratone Proxiscope Sr. focusing rail
  • Spiratone Vario-Dupliscope slide copier

Links

In English:

  • 1.0 1.1 1.2 Obituary of Fred Spira in the New York Times.