Legacy lenses

Legacy lens is the term used on JAPB to refer to those lenses which cannot (without the use of a suitable adapter) be mounted on a camera which is in current production.

This site prefers the term legacy over other used terms such as vintage or classic. The rationale (and some musings) can be read in more detail here.

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JAPB is a website centred on photography and photo gear, with a special interest in using old lenses on modern cameras.

We (currently, I) are not trying to push you to buying new, expensive gear. Instead, our approach is the opposite (in all aspects). Instead we want to help you made informed decisions, and if we can be said to ‘push’ anything, that would be relatively cheap, old gear.

JAPB is non-profit, in fact this is a loss generator. Some day that might change, but we’ll make sure that does not happen at the expense of the audience.

You can read more here.