Hi--

>Hi. Hope life is treating you well. I have come back to learn from the
>master again.

Ah, yes.....! ;-), ;-), ;-)

>I recently acquired a Ukrainian made Kiev 35mm 2.8 shift
>lens for Nikon. It wasn't as easy to use as the Nikkor but hey, at less
>than 1/3 the price, I can't complain.
>
>Just 1 question though, I was told that the metering has to be done before
>the lens is shifted. Why is that with TTL metering? Shoudln't the
>exposure be based on the amt of light entering AFTER the lens was shifted?

Since most TTL systems (the F3's is the exception in Nikon's line) read
the exposure off the viewing screen, and its optics are very decentered
when the lens is shifted (notice the darkening on one side of the finder
when the lens is shifted?), the exposure is wrong (as is the view of the
lens illumination).

>BTW, the Ukranians made some fine quality if mechanically clunky optics.
>I think a lot of people would be interested if you can take a look at some
>of them. Especially the specialty lens - Nikkors are quite expensive and
>I don't expect Sigma to make a PC lens anytime soon!
David Yang

I have not tried them, but examples occasionally seen in Pop photo
did not inspire confidence... I look for the best optics, and report
on ones I tried in the process of trying to find them, so my interest is
not high in buying Kiev lenses - but if one comes my way really cheap used,
I will probably try it... For others, cost may be more important than
somewhat better image quality (the Nikkor current-version 35 PC is a
first-rate lens, though, and maybe affordable used...?).