Stroke of luck, and a favour to ask...

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As the thread title says, I had a stroke of luck today. Went for a stroll round our local antiques centre (big underground place, with loads of little stalls). We go quite often, and the stock doesn't change much, so I usually don't pay much attention. There's occasional Kodaks and so on, and the odd paragon lens, but not much of photographic interest.

However, today I spotted something that caught my eye. There was a Canon (T70 I think) in a locked cabinet surrounded by a few lenses, one of which said Tamron on it. Short chunky lens. Took a closer look and saw TAMRON SP on the side. A closer look and I saw 1:2.5 90mm on the side. Result! Got them to unlock the cabinet, and found it was a minty Adaptall/2 SP 90mm Macro. Came with a bag, and was clean as a whistle with a Hoya skylight filter on the front. Price tag? £12.00. I didn't take too long deciding to buy it.

However, it has a Canon FD mount on it, and I have a Nikon D60, so that's where the favour comes in. Does anyone have a spare(ish) Nikon Adaptall/2 mount I could borrow for a couple of days just to make sure it works OK before I spend £45-odd on a mount? Alternatively, is there anyone around the Northampton area that could try it on an older Canon for me? It would be much appreciated.
 
Nice one.

We've got some charity shops around here that I've picked up incredible camera kit from. Old lenses, polaroid camera, film cameras that must be 40+ years old... going for pennies.

Got a 30mm pentax lydith 30mm f/3.5 lens which is as sharp as a razor and great for portraits. Oh, and the colour rendition is absolutely flipping gorgeous...

Enjoy your new Tamron!
 
why not try some of the online secondhand shops - find one near you ? maybe has an old Canon AI or AE-1 you could borrow ?
 
AE-1 with faulty meter [so what?] on eBay "here" at.....£9.99....:clap:
 
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