What's a nostalgic purchase you have made for the heck of it?

[Ombligo]

mrbigstuff wrote:
I've always wanted a180mm ED Nikon from the 80s, as that was the news photog lens to have

The pre-Ed 180 was the lens to have, I use to love that lens. I used the same lens from 1979 to 1990, when it was stolen with almost all me gear It was a costly lens, around $600 in the late 70's (when EPOI was the US Nikon distributor and jacked up the prices). When the ED version came out, it was quickly supplanted by the 80-200 ED (later IF-ED). The ED was still a nice lens, but not as well balanced as the earlier version, nor as versatile as the zoom.