Memories from film days: Anybody else remember these guys? In the ongoing struggle to pare down 45 years of accumulated stuff in the house my wife came up with a whole carton of things...

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

Anybody else remember these guys?

In the ongoing struggle to pare down 45 years of accumulated stuff in the house my wife came up with a whole carton of things to dispose of. I have no idea what came in the box originally, or when - I bought my first stuff from them in about 1970. But this sure brought back some memories.

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Dino92G Loc: Northeast Ohio

YEP! I DO! :-)

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I do too and found this: Fred Spira

srt101fan

wrangler5 wrote:

Anybody else remember these guys?

In the ongoing struggle to pare down 45 years of accumulated stuff in the house my wife came up with a whole carton of things to dispose of. I have no idea what came in the box originally, or when - I bought my first stuff from them in about 1970. But this sure brought back some memories.

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tramsey Loc: Texas

That seems to ding some bells. I think I purchased some filters from him; way back when.

srt101fan

wrangler5 wrote:

Anybody else remember these guys?

In the ongoing struggle to pare down 45 years of accumulated stuff in the house my wife came up with a whole carton of things to dispose of. I have no idea what came in the box originally, or when - I bought my first stuff from them in about 1970. But this sure brought back some memories.

Oh yeah, bought a tripod and flash from them and some darkroom gear. I used to love looking at their ads in Popular Photography and Modern Photography (I think that was the other biggie mag?)

srt101fan

Longshadow wrote:

I do too and found this: Fred Spira

Thanks Long, bought a lot from them but never knew anything about the company.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Yup,. I sure do.
--Bob

wrangler5 wrote:

Anybody else remember these guys?

In the ongoing struggle to pare down 45 years of accumulated stuff in the house my wife came up with a whole carton of things to dispose of. I have no idea what came in the box originally, or when - I bought my first stuff from them in about 1970. But this sure brought back some memories.

ELNikkor

Thanks for the post. I still have some Spiratone filters in the cellar. Vibracolor Purple was one of my favorite. Didn't know the history of the name, but now I do. A shame about all the historical items lost in Qatar...

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Um, yes.

Al Beatty Loc: Boise, Idaho

I sure remember them. I'm still using one of their manual focus, 35mm lenses on my D7000 camera. It seems to do a really good job. Take care & ...

BebuLamar

Never bought anything Spiratone but saw their ads in photo magazines all the time.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

Still have stuff from them. Think of them every time i put on the track for shooting macro. I think it was $10.00 or $25.00.
Noe $125.00

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

wrangler5 wrote:

Anybody else remember these guys?

In the ongoing struggle to pare down 45 years of accumulated stuff in the house my wife came up with a whole carton of things to dispose of. I have no idea what came in the box originally, or when - I bought my first stuff from them in about 1970. But this sure brought back some memories.

Yep! I was in their store. Still have a tripod from Spratone. They had ad space in all the photo mags of those times

Papa Joe Loc: Midwest U.S.

Yes indeed! Spiratone was big 'back in the day'... like in the '50's. Among other items, I used to buy bulk 35mm film from them. They also sold B&W 8mm movie film that came in the 16mm width and you bought a 'splitter' from them to cut the 16mm down into 8mm widths. Good memories!
God Bless,
Papa Joe