Re: Cameras that Last AND Last AND Last... (35mm bayonette mount SLRs in particular)

"Ken Hart" <kwhart@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:f7tqs5$gaq$1@xxxxxxxxxxx

<contaxman@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, I'll rephrase that...

Was the FX Canon's manual exposure/mechanical camera _from the
breechlock mount era_ that took breech mount lenses?

The FX is from the late '60's (IIRC), it uses what I've heard called
"Breech-lock Bayonet" mount lens. The lens do not couple the aperature
setting to the camera; they have only one pin that stops down the lens at
firing. If the lens has a second pin (90 degrees clockwise), that couples
the aperature setting to the camera for metering. The "newer" lenses with
the second pin will work on the FX, but the older lenses with one pin will
not work on the newer Canons, such as the TX, FTb, or AE because of the
metering. The two types of lens are called FD and FL; I can never keep
straight which has one pin and which has two!

The FX metering is what my high school photography teacher called "Through
the thumb" metering. The meter cell is located on the front beside the
prism near the rewind crank. The meter has two ranges; the selecter puts a
Waterhouse stop over the cell for the less sensitive range. The meter is
coupled to the shutter and ASA dials, and the needle points to the
/f-stop.

(If the gentleman who posted about his Minolta SRT101's in this thread
would like to add another to his collection, please contact me privately.
I've got nice one to sell at a real good price!)


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Ken Hart
kwhart@xxxxxxxxxxx


Hi.

How abut this - the FD lenses have the coupled DIAPHRAGM (hence the "D" in
"FD").

Regards, Ian.


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