Ian wrote:
> That would be a very good reason. The diaphragm linkage, which allows
> the camera body's metering system to determine the extent to which the
> lens will be stopped down for exposure, has a circular motion. The
> shift is a linear motion. To get an auto diaphragm to work in a shift
> lens, some mechanism would have to be devised which would give a
> circular motion compensated with a linear motion - and my brain hurts
> just trying to think about it!
>
What might have been a relatively simple way of doing it would be to use the
double cable release idea as used on the bellows. I guess it's a bit late
to suggest this to Olympus now though.
Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
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