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I mean those Soligor T4-mount lenses.

In the era of T4 interchangeable mounts, Canon and Pentax were still using stopdown metering (and K mount didn't yet exist). Yes, some Topcon & Miranda SLRs offered open-aperture metering, but those bodies are increasingly doubtful as everyday shooters today. Retro Nikon users are good, but need to do the pre-AI "twist twist" dance after each lens swap.

But any Minolta that works with MC lenses—and there are squillions—can make full use of T4 lenses without compromise. This XG 9 can even do aperture-priority autoexposure! (You do miss out on the aperture-ring peepsight working.)

And the ultimate bonus is that Soligor's styling is a great aesthetic match for original MC Rokkors (like the 58mm f/1.4 on the far left). You even get the correct turning direction for the focus ring and aperture scale (on the T4's only the green f/numbers are used).

Unlike Vivitar, Soligor never sold the followup TX lens series, which had more "modernized" rubber waffle grips.

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Taken on: June 20, 2023

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Camera: Fujifilm X-E3, f/5.6, 1/60 sec, 23mm (=35mm), ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm X-E3
Lens:	XF23mmF2 R WR
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	23mm (35mm equivalent: 35mm)
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	+0.67 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Soft
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Digital Camera X-E3 Ver1.30
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