I wrote: "Its diaphragm has something like 12 blades, for incredibly even lighting."
Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Paul, what does a round aperture have to do with even lighting (over the frame?)?" Quite a bit, I thought. I believe that Contax has always stated this in its T*-series brochures. I thought that the cheap, 2-blade diaphragm/shutter combo found in the Minox 35s and other 1970s/1980s shirtpocket 35s were known to cause vignetting. No?

