Thanks Gary - that's excellent news. I don't know how likely I am to
stumble across lenses here, however. A friend confessed that he sold an
excellent FTL because he couldn't find any other lenses and I note they
don't seem to appear on eBay. Oh well....I'm broke anyway...
regards
Andrew
>The FTL Zuikos have an on-lens actuator similar to the Takumars'
>"AUTO-MANUAL" button, so there is no problem using them in the stop
>down mode. Moreover, the "METER ON" lever on the SP will also stop
>down the lens.
>
>As I'd mentioned, I found no SP-family bodies which had mechanical
>interferences with mounting the FTL Zuikos. Same goes for the
>Fujinons and Mamiya-Sekor SX lenses -- two other screw-mount SLR
>brands which were capable of full-aperture metering.
>
>However, the problem you referred to wrt Fujinon (and Mamiya SX) is
>that these lenses lack the "AUTO-MANUAL" button, relying instead on
>stop down actuators that are built-in in the camera bodies.
>>Cheers,
>/Gary Schloss.
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