Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aaarg... anybody remember T stop plates? Jim At 03:58 PM 7/24/00 -0400, Clompus, Dr. Richard [SLGUS] wrote: >Mark, > >You wrote: "And I think there is one out there with no aperture blades but >a series of plates with perfect holes in them that you insert in for >different F stops. Intriguingly hard core." > >Actually the Minolta TC-1 titanium point and shoot has such an arrangement >for apertures. It is a disc with a series of holes drilled into it. To >change apertures, you turn the edge of the disc. It is very different from >anything else out there today. I'm not sure how much financial success >Minolta has had with the design. > >Richard > >Richard Clompus, OD >Roanoke, VA