tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553095084714187596.post3288268415748266158..comments2024-03-29T01:15:37.463-05:00Comments on Making Not Taking: Iterations of the Spiratone 18mmDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04654023154516839425noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553095084714187596.post-64801577587772411122021-10-17T20:14:08.859-05:002021-10-17T20:14:08.859-05:00Great post thaanksGreat post thaanksScott Rhttps://www.scottromero.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553095084714187596.post-68732246023059727402015-11-13T19:35:58.873-06:002015-11-13T19:35:58.873-06:00The dual-petal design Vivitar 17mm 1:3.5 lens has ...The dual-petal design Vivitar 17mm 1:3.5 lens has a serial number starting with "37," indicating it was made by Tokina (according to pretty well-established web/urban legend). Tokina made lenses for Lentar and tons of other import brands, including some great lenses for Soligor. Who knows, maybe they were a sub-contractor to Spiratone (or even Sigma) at one time as well....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553095084714187596.post-88686500050802191432015-11-13T19:22:58.288-06:002015-11-13T19:22:58.288-06:00The YS mount was used by Sigma and Sun under many ...The YS mount was used by Sigma and Sun under many different seller's names, including Spiratone. When you remove this often-clumsy mount, the lens becomes a T2 mount lens with a pin for the aperture control (like the Pentax screw mount). Easy to get a T2 to EOS, and just about every other camera, mount adapter. Many YS lenses had a manual switch for the aperture control, those that don't (like the YS 18mm) will have be modified to hold the pin in fully for manual exposure control operation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553095084714187596.post-53411024692380632112010-12-18T20:26:57.947-06:002010-12-18T20:26:57.947-06:00Amazon sells an adapter that would allow this lens...Amazon sells an adapter that would allow this lens to be used on a Canon EF mount camera. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002JX33HS/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001G4NBNC&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=03R2CF39TJ5NWV9PETM5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553095084714187596.post-5363137931997349682010-08-03T10:44:57.271-05:002010-08-03T10:44:57.271-05:00Hey there. Maybe you can help me figure something ...Hey there. Maybe you can help me figure something out (because Im having a hard time doing so from the minimal findings online). I have the Spiratone YS 18mm 3.5 lens (the older one with the full circular hood) that i used with a 76 Minolta awhile back. I would like to use it with my Canon 7D now. What adapter(s)/Mount(s) do i need to do this? Ive read about T/T2 mounts, YS mounts, M42, etc, but none of this makes sense to me. Any help or links to whichever mount/adapter i need would be awesome. thanks!Ryan[Green]https://www.blogger.com/profile/05968637764771925437noreply@blogger.com