Narcissus
Yashica-D (with Spiratone Close-Up Kit)
Kodak Ektar 100
2017
This is the last year I’ll get to enjoy the gardens on my property, as by this time next year I expect to have finally moved in with my wife in her home. I attached the Spiratone close-up lenses to my Yashica-D and loaded some Ektar, and as the spring flowers began to bloom I recorded them all. More tomorrow!
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Lovely image, I’ve heard good things about Spiratone and this proves it.
Thanks! I have a couple Spiratone accessories for my Olympus OM-1 but haven’t used them. I ought to try.
They are difficult to find in the UK, but have a Spiratone fisheye attachment for my Rollei, will give it a try.
Very nice … with a very narrow plane of sharpness. Not easy to focus properly… but you made it ;)
There is a little educated guesswork in focusing with this camera. The glass focusing screen does let you find “sharp” but then you have to guess the in-focus patch based on the film.
I had totally forgotten about Fred Spira and Spiratone until I saw this! In the 1970s, I used to love paging through the Spiratone mail order catalog for all sorts of photographic oddities. If I recall, I had some Spiratone darkroom tools and I believe I bought some color-toned photo paper from them once. Blast from the past! Thanks Jim!
Happy to bring up some good memories in you! The fellow who gave me this camera with the rest of his film-gear collection had a few other Spiratone accessories, including this giant mirror tele lens for the OM-1 he gave me.