On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:24:53 GMT, "Tony Spadaro" <tspadaro@ncmaps.rr.com> wrote:

>Spiratone was a wonderful company that sold a lot of really fun photo

>novelties. They have been gone for about 20 years. The 400 f6.3 is a close

>relative to the still available Korean 500 f8 (commonly called The baseball

>bat) which is sold under "house" brand names. I think they even shared a lot

>of parts. It's not a great lens, and the 500 is about 100 dollars today, so

>be aware of that when checking for the price.

> I could be wrong --- they might have produced a 400 mirror, and it could

>be one of those instead. I remember a 300 a 500 and a 1000 mirror lens from

>them but not a 400.

I've had the 400mm f6.3, the 400mm f6.9 and the 500mm f8.

The first two were surprisingly good, but I did not like

the 500 (visible color-fringing, and edges that were not

crisp). All were non-mirrors...