Q about the "thingie" in the mount of a P6 Sonnar 180mm

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rolandberry@hotmail.com - 16 Feb 2006 16:01 GMT

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It has got me puzzled. In the mount you can see the rod that gets
pushed in so that the lens is wide open until you press the shutter.
But there is another thing as well with a slot in the middle that
changes position with the aperture. But it doesn't seem to link to
anything inside the Pentacon 6TL. It is the only other thing poking out
the back so should be easy enough to stop. What does it do?

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Ralf R. Radermacher - 16 Feb 2006 16:12 GMT

> But there is another thing as well with a slot in the middle that
> changes position with the aperture.

Pentacon made an adaptor to mount P6 lenses on the Praktica "electric"
35 mm cameras (VLC x, PLC x). The device you describe is used by this
adaptor to signal the aperture set at the lens to the camera's meter
circuit.

Ralf

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rolandberry@hotmail.com - 16 Feb 2006 19:20 GMT

> > But there is another thing as well with a slot in the middle that
> > changes position with the aperture.
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> Ralf

Thanks a lot for that info. Much appreciated.

Roland

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> Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany
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> manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005
> Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses

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ELSAN - 17 Feb 2006 02:09 GMT

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> But there is another thing as well with a slot in the middle that
> changes position with the aperture.

It's a female lens. Get it yet?

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