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Tamron 80 250mm f 3.8 Manufacture date
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:40 pm    Post subject: Tamron 80 250mm f 3.8 Manufacture date Reply with quote

I have been trying to get through to the compiler of the Tamron Zoom lenses..

These lists always say that the 80 250 mm f 3.8 Mine was Serial Number
534456 which I purchased Dec 1969 Dec. The lists that I read all say
the manufacture dates as 1972.
I would have got the lens quicker because I had to wait a couple of months
for my personal cheque to clear.
Can this be passed on to a correct destination.

Mick Kemsley

Somebody stole it out of my storage in Chichester England


PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The adapt-a-matic was introduced in 1972. Maybe you had the t-mount version?

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.tamron.co.jp/data/old-lens/olm80-250.htm


PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome michaelkemsley

Attila is keeper of the adaptall website. Send him private email from here if you wish.


PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Commiserations on the theft. The adaptall-2.com website is managed by Attila, webmaster here at mflenses but he is not the original author he just took the site over to keep it going. I think the original author is deceased?
Just out of interest, how much did you pay for the 80-250mm in 1969? My impression is that these were relatively premium lenses of the era.
(I paid £4.99 for an adaptall version off ebay - one of the first lenses I got when I started my vintage lens interest.)


PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks so much Attila for taking over the adaptall site! I was really disappointed when I discovered it was gone and happy to see it back again! Thank you!


PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was an Adaptamatic version before 1972 I think, a check on advertising might show that, and a fixed mount version too. I just gave away my Adaptamatic.


PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

luisalegria wrote:
There was an Adaptamatic version before 1972 I think, a check on advertising might show that, and a fixed mount version too. I just gave away my Adaptamatic.


TAMRON ADAPTAMATIC LENS LIST.

LENS MOUNT FILTER SIZE (MM)
Bushnell Automatic 28mm f/ 2.8 Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 62
Tamron 105mm f/ 2.5 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 52
Tamron 135mm f/ 2.8 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 58
Tamron 135mm f/ 3.5 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 55
Tamron 200-500mm f/ 6.9 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 82
Tamron 200mm f/ 3.5 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 62
Tamron 200mm f/ 4.5 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 52
Tamron 21mm f/ 4.5 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 82
Tamron 24mm f/ 3.5 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 72
Tamron 28mm f/ 2.8 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 58
Tamron 300mm f/ 5.6 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 62
Tamron 35mm f/ 2.8 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 55
Tamron 70-220mm f/ 4 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 67
Tamron 80-250mm f/ 3.8 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 72
Tamron 85-205mm f/ 3.5 Adapt-A-Matic Tamron Adapt-A-Matic 62


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been an Adapt-A-Matic fan for a number of years. I like the primes.

My best knowledge is this line of Tamrons spans the years between 1969 and 1972.

After that came the original Tamron Adaptall lenses, as far as I know, not to be confused with the Adaptall-2 line of lenses which showed up more recently.