[net.rec.photo] Nikon PC in non-AI mount

josephs@ttidcb.UUCP (Bill Josephs) (03/09/85)

In response to the request for an old, non-AI mount Nikon PC lens: It
turns out that Nikon designed the new, non retractable aperture fol-
lower for the FG and FA in such a way that it clears some non-AI
mounts.  (The retractable finger of the FE causes no problem, of
course).  In particular, I have both an FG and an FA and use my 35mm
f/2.8 PC lens (dating from around 1968) on both.  Of course, it is
non-AI.  However, be forewarned: the PC lenses do not work in AMP mode
on the FA since they cannot tell the camera their maximum aperture.
As a result, there is no way that the camera can "correct" its AMP
program for light falloff.  So, both these lenses must be used in
manual mode.