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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 108380" data-attributes="member: 6548">You are mostly right about the lenses focusing wide open regardless of the aperture selected.  I think this began with the Ai lenses.  As you say most Nikkors are "auto aperture" lenses that is they allow metering and viewing and focusing at the len's maximum aperture then it stops down to the working aperture while the snap is being made.But not all Nikkors do this!  Just the ones that everyone has...LOL   Now if you have non Ai stuff like me you must open wide to focus!  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>