I've got FD lenses 40+ years old, I've got a couple of lenses for my OLD, OLD, OLD Graflex SpeedGraphic that are older than I am (and I'm gonna be 60 this year!). I've never had a lens fail/die/quit on me that hasn't been "abused" (dropped/struck hard/etc). I've been trying to learn this "hobby" of photography for ALMOST 50 years!


Treat them well, take good care of them and just go shoot! []