I've got a Fujica GL690 with the "normal" 100mm f/3.5 Fujinon-S lens, and have just come across a relatively-rare Fujinon Auto Exposure 100mm lens f/3.5 -- the one that has a meter built into the lens that will automatically set the "correct" shutter speed according to the meter reading. I can pick it up for around $350, which strikes me as a reasonable price, but the question I have is whether the results from having this auto-exposure lens are any good, i.e., as good as I can presently get by metering with an external meter and using my normal manual 100mm lens. I don't want to lay out $350 for the lens if the results aren't likely to be at least as good as results I presently get. Obviously the AE lens is a more "spontaneous" lens in that it's auto-exposure, but if the AE results are worse it might not be worth it -- this IS 1974 technology we're talking about here, after all. So....anyone with hands-on experience who can share their assessments and, hopefully, some examples of your results? Thanks!
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