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Vintage Camera Lenses

When picking a lens for your camera, consider vintage lenses. They are often far less expensive yet still have fantastic quality.

45k subscribers396 posts / mo in Sep 2026256 authors / mosince 2013

r/VintageLenses has 45k members (+49% over the last 12 months). It gets about 396 posts a month from 256 people. Top topics: Lens Identification, Lenses and Lens Issues.

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How r/VintageLenses has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+49%in 12 months · +8.4% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 202645k
Growing45k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−9.8%vs Sep 2025 · −19% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026396
QuieterPeaked at 537 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/VintageLenses

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Lens Identification9.9%
  2. Lenses7.4%
  3. Lens Issues4.0%
  4. Pentax Films and Photography2.3%
  5. Olympus and Zuiko1.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Flickr
  2. Pentax Forums
  3. MFLenses
  4. eBay
  5. phillipreeve

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research