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INNOVATIVE CAMERAS, from 1960 to 1969

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Produced by Model Year Innovative characteristic Picture
Konishiroku Konica F 1960 1° with top flash syncronization of 1/125th second


Sito Savoyflex Automatique 1960 1° automatic shutter priority with coupled selenium meter, in a leaf-shutter camera
Graflex Graphic 35 Jet 1961 1° with CO2 gas winder, and with focusing plane movement
Canon Canonflex R 2000 1962 1° with top-speed of 1/2000, a little before Konica F
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B 1962 1° as Savoyflex but with aperture information visible in finder

Minolta Minolta SR-7 1962 1° CDS meter and with indications in finder
Wirgin Edixa Electronica 1962 1° dual automatic exposure control, shutter preferred plus programmed exposure over-ride on a leaf-shutter SLR
Nikon Nikkorex Zoom 1962 1° reflex with fixed Zoom (43-86:3,5)
Olympus Olympus Pen F 1963 1° reflex half-format 18x24 using normal 135 cartridge
Topcon Topcon Re Super 1963 1° TTL meter full aperture with match-needle control
Pignons Alpa 9D 1964 1° TTL Stop Down meter reading
Asahi Pentax Pentax Spotmatic 1964 1° TTL meter full opening and electric diaphragm simulator
K.M.Z. Zenit-5 1964 1° with built-in battered power winder, but with manual advance included
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super-BC 1965 1° TTL metered automatic exposure control, shutter preferred in a leaf shutter camera

Veb Pentacon Praktica mat 1965 1° TTL European metered with miniature-mirror-reflex.
Veb Pentacon Praktica Electronic 1966 1° with electronically controlled shutter, and with a slow speed of 30 sec. The design of shutter was very similar to the one used many years later in the Praktica B200. The Praktica electronic never entered production.
Konishiroku Konica Autoreflex 1966 1° with focal plane shutter SRL with automatic exposure control, shutter preferred
Mamiya Sekor 1000 DTL 1968 1° with choice of spot or averaging meter reading
Web Pentacon Praktica LLC 1969 1° with an electric contact for transmitting aperture information between body and lenses
Zeiss Ikon Contarex SE 1968 1° with automatic diaphragm exposure control, but with an external accessory
Yashica Yashica TL Electro-X 1969 1° with electronic lights for exposure information in the finder, and first with stepless electronic shutter speed control