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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:32 am    Post subject: C/Y mount part Reply with quote

What is the L-shaped metallic thing in the Contax / Yashica mount that is attached with two phillips screws.
Not the aperture closing lever or the aperture setting to the camera lever.

Does film camera need it for something?
I took it away because it hit Kodak mirror and now I cant find it anywhere. Embarassed

here on the right side



PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

61 looks, no answers and I know at least 20 of you own the camera. Mad

Well, my educated guess is that it tells the body that there is genuine auto-aperture c/y lens instead of say m42 and so measures differently.

Mystery is that the body seems to measure auto aperture with or without it? I mean it changes speed when turning aperture ring. Confused


PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is different length for 85/2.8 and 28/2.8.
I dont have more cy lenses to check.
My contax rts may not use this function.
Looks like nikkor focal indicator.


PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hoanpham wrote:
Looks like nikkor focal indicator.


Sends focal lenght data to a date back or something?


PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nikkor ais has different length for different focal. I am not sure which film body use this, and not sure how useful on dslr. Only sony and pentax has build in shake reduction that need these info. I found last time these info in google, trying to disassemble my nikkors for cleaning.


PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I finally got it!

It is the max aperture indicator.


PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good to know.

So removing mean that you can use any aperture manually, or it won't work?
I don't have this tamron adaptall. Does the adapter move the L shape piece depend on the lens attaching on it - just like a TC does?


PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hoanpham wrote:
Good to know.

So removing mean that you can use any aperture manually, or it won't work?
I don't have this tamron adaptall. Does the adapter move the L shape piece depend on the lens attaching on it - just like a TC does?


Removing it shows the little dial on top of the finder scale from 1.4 onwards, be the actual max aperture whatever (my case 2.8 or 2). This is Quartz 139

I don't think that it has anything to do with actual exposure? Unless MM somehow uses it?

edit: or crap if it calculates exposure the "eosian" way. then it is just manual metering Mad
edit edit: it's from 1979, I don't think it has enough calculation power?
edit edit edit: oh my f&%*ing s&%t, it seems to do exactly that different max aperture lenses do have the aperture number lever in a different place when at 2.8 or 16. So it calculates exposure with the help of this little l-shaped metal piece. Which prevents using c/y lenses on my FF Kodak. Evil or Very Mad

I don't have the adaptall any more also, the picture is net picture. Probably one has to manually set it? My Yashica ML 50/2 had for some reason pretty big space for movement.


PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks.
I don't thing they have any calculation power in 1979. Personally, I hate bodies that need a battery to operate. Mechanic 'calculation' and exposure is best. Laughing


PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't have a clue how it meters any more. Confused

The two lenses show same values at 2.8. Must run a test roll.