----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Brogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Switching to Pentax
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, William Robb wrote: > > > That was one of those things I never did figure out. Minolta MD > > lenses had an aperture lock, as did Canon FD lenses, and of > > course Pentax A lenses. > > Nikon, in their wisdom, never added this to their lenses. > > Uh... yeah, they did. :) Here's a pic: > > http://www.aiconversions.com/images/VGA242.8AFTop.jpg > > The switch on the right lets you lock or unlock the aperture ring at the > auto/f22 setting. You know, when I was writing that posting, I was thinking I had seen an aperture lock on some of their lenses from the mid to late 80's. I take it this was a short term experiment? William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
