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My first choice would be the E-M1 (MK I) with the MMF-3 adapter. Second an E-5, no adapter needed and a great camera. Third would be an E-3 and again, no adapter needed.

I am replying to this old post because of some information I have on FL lenses. Casual Collector says he is not sure why some L lenses should not be used on A-1 or AE-1 camera bodies. The reason is that the rear of these lenses protrudes farther into the camera body and hit the aperture control lever in the body. For that reason many FL lenses can also not be used on adapters made for mirrorless cameras. A solution for most mirrorless adapters is to unscrew the aperture pin in the adapter that is attached to the "Close (or "Lock") - Open" ring on the adapter. Once removed the FL lens will fit in the adapter. This will cause a light leak so just replace the pin with a short screw or some other plug. The lenses that have this issue are: FL 19mm f3.5; FL 58mm f1.2; R 58mm f1.2; R 100mm f3.5 and the FLP 38mm f2.8

To the Russians, that was close enough!

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I agree with Gary Nakayama. There is a mismatch between what the camera thinks the focal length of the lens is and what it really is.

I looked at it under my microscope and saw that it there are TWO sets of engravings. What looks like a lower, or first engraved, "T" and with one color of red and a second engraving, slightly mismatched to the "T" with one vertical and three horizontal bars and filled with a different color red. This must have been done to the remaining stock of lenses that violated the Zeiss (West German) copyright. Thank you everyone!

Thanks for the link. I would suspect that there would be more of them.

Hello Lou, I am new to this site and I just picked up a stereo realist a month ago. I would be willing to loan it to the museum for the show. The case is rough, but the camera is in working condition. Jim

Can someone help me identify this lens? It would normally have a RED T after the 58 but this looks like a red "I" with a horizontal line through the center? Maybe a prototype or perhaps a knock-off?