Your oldest kit still in use

[GrahamNfk]

Thought it might be an interesting little nostalgia trip to talk about your oldest piece of photographic kit still in use

 

Mine is a c.1961-69 Tamron 910P T-mount zoom lens (my first ever). It's a 95-205mm f/6.3. It was bought second-hand for me as a birthday pressie in about 1976. It went into regular use until the 1990s when I replaced it with a c.1981-87 Tamron 103A 80-210mm f/3.8 with Adaptall-2 mount.

 

The original came back into use in the digital age because the preset aperture is entirely suited to manual focussing and metering on a dSLR and mirrorless. While the 103A is a truly awesome lens at any price, I'm still amazed that the 910P can give a bloody good show of itself some circa fifty years later. It's still my favourite and I shall die owning it.

 

Tamron 910P

 

Tamron 103A

 

910P and 103A for comparison

 

 

[ChrisLumix]

I always loved my Tamron 28-70 zoom, but it's not actually in use as my current camera is a bridge with a 27-486 equivalent, and anyway there would be no way to attach it! I had the one with the Minolta bayonet fitting (still have it).

 

[Black Pearl]

This Nikkor-H 28mm f3.5 from the late 60's is regularly used on my D300s and even upside down on the K30.

Odd fact but the pre Ai Nikkors fit a Pentax K mount if you use them the wrong way up.

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[GrahamNfk]

Odd fact but the pre Ai Nikkors fit a Pentax K mount if you use them the wrong way up.

 

Wow, I didn't know that! Useful

[Leon]

canon 1000d

[colinb]

my Nikon D80,

 

I did use an old sigma 50-300mm but sold that for a new nikon with vr.

 

but I do wish I have kept my first digital camera, 'state of the art' Casio 3mb jobby during the 1990's

[Guest]

er..... that'll be me then

[FUJI]

No me Bill ......I must be the oldest bit of kit on TIPF?

FUJI

[Jon]

Mine will be the film stuff I use - Chinon CM4s & 50mm lens, Canon T70 with 50mm lens, Solinger 28mm wide angle and Tokina 80-300 - and a Vivitar flash I bought in switzerland when I was 16 for the Chinon :-)

[GrahamNfk]

Glad someone is still using film. I manage three or four rolls a year, but should do more.

[FUJI]

My oldest bits of kit are a variety of M42 thread lenses which I use on my SONY A55 via adaptors, they all work extremely well except at infinity, I also have an extremely old brass, chromed tripod which is very heavy for its size:

 

FUJI

[Leon]

 

my 1000D with the old 50mm F2.8 Zeiss lens

[GrahamNfk]

Gotta love a Tessar

[Leon]

Now I have a new 50mm I'm thinking of buying dome tubes and using it for macro stuff?

[Black Pearl]

Or a reverse ring and mount it backwards - super cheap.

[ChrisLumix]

 

my 1000D with the old 50mm F2.8 Zeiss lens

 

Wasn't that originally on the Praktica SLR?

[Leon]

Wasn't that originally on the Praktica SLR?

it was, thats why the guy gave it to me so I could use the lens with an adaptor..