Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Filippone wrote: > Is anyone old enouigh to remember preset lenses? They had a ring to open > the aperture up all the way, then you turned the ring till it hit the stop > ( user selected aperture). This is the way almost all the after market > lenses worked in the early 50's through the 60's. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Hi Frank, This seems to be more or less a pre-requisite for using M42 lenses on other bodies without aperture control via the pin. I believe only Rollei catered for this with their M42/QBM adapter. Most of the M42 stuff and older Tamron adaptall lenses I have have this function,thank the deity, otherwise they wouldn't work when adapted to the Canon DSLR, later Fujinon lenses didn't have this function. Douglas