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Subject: Re: [OM] Got one on Tom in his own backyard (long)
From: "Gregg" <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 01:14:58 -0400
I had a 400mm /6.3 Spiratone preset as a teenager too.  Mine was hanging
from my
back pocket by the tripod mount when a large wave washed over me while I was
walking in on the pier in Lake Michigan at Benton Harbor.  I was lucky not
to have washed off the pier!  I threw the lens away and my insurance paid
for it.  I don't remember if it took good photos or not.  It was annoying to
waste film from forgetting to set the aperture after focusing.   I still
have the T-mount from it.

Gregg


From: Lex Jenkins


> Herbert Keppler (Pop Photo, formerly - sigh - of Modern Photo) has
reported
> more than once, and most recently I believe in Feb. or Nov. '97, about how
> good these preset teles were and are.  The 400mm f/6.3 was quite common
for
> a while, especially when I was a teenangster first getting into
photography
> in the early '70s.  The 500mm f/8 is more common now and still made.
Those
> lenses were reportedly made by just a couple of optical makers in those
> days, so it doesn't make much difference whose label is on 'em -
Spiratone,
> Vivitar, Cambron and a zillion others.  I've seen more variation in the
> current crop of 500/8 lens so apparently more manufacturers have joined
the
> fray.
>
> Pretty generic lens formula according to Robert Monaghan, who's also a fan
> of these lenses.  As am I.  My single favorite lens is a Lentar preset
135mm
> f/3.5, tho' my favorite or most used type of lens is a normal 50mm
> f/whatever.  The Lentar's bokeh is wonderful.  And the preset design gives
> me a look at depth of field, a feature missing from my Canon T70 bodies.
> That's one reason I'm so anxious to find a compatible T-mount adaptor for
my
> Vivitar 300mm f/5.6 preset.
>
> As Dave mentioned, the 400/6.3 is relatively light.  So is the 500/8.
> They're mostly tube with, maybe, three strategically placed elements.  But
> so are the Zuiko super-teles, looking at the cutaway drawings.  Oddly, the
> smaller teles like mine *seem* heavier, but that's probably relative to
the
> length.  They feel like nearly solid metal.
>
> Lex
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