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Old 16-11-2007, 02:07 PM
Dennis
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On the older 35mm film cameras, this may have been used to close down the iris once the exposure has been made, thus allowing viewing, composing and metering with a wide open lens? IIRC, the notch located on a pin and the pin was connected to the iris stop down mechanism.

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