Fujica ST801 introduction

Please see the wiki article on the Fujica ST801.

 

While the copy here is all about the new LED meter display, just as significant is Fuji's modification to the familiar M42 mount to enable open-aperture metering.

 

For those keeping score, this now means four different, mutually-incompatible schemes to add this functionality to the M42 mount:

 

•Praktica using electronic contacts

•Olympus FTL (which will quickly be abandoned)

• Pentax ES (and soon Spotmatic F) using a coupler inside the mount thread

•Fujica ST, coupled via a small tab on the back of the aperture ring

 

With a bright viewfinder and a 1/2000 sec. top shutter speed, this remains a highly desirable body for M42 lens fans.

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