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INNOVATIVE CAMERAS, from 1970 to 1979

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Produced by Model Year Innovative characteristic Picture
Wirgin Edixa Electronica TL 1971 1° with electronic self-timer with blinking light
Olympus Olympus OM-1 1972 1° with full-featured SLR body in a compact size
Asahi Pentax Pentax Electro Spotmatic 1972 1° with built-in aperture preferred automatic exposure control
Chinon Chinon M1 1972 1° with a control for making double exposure
Nippon Kogaku Nikkormat-EL 1972 1° with automatic exposure hold
K.M.Z. ZENIT-16 1972 1° SLR with hard plastic body
Fujica Fujica ST-801 1973 1° to use light-emitting diodes in the finder for match-LED exposure control
Fujica Fujica ST-901 1974 1° with digital read-out of shutter speeds in the finder
Olympus Olympus OM-2 1975 1° with meter cell reading the light on the film plane, with low shutter speed of 60 sec
Kyocera Contax RTS 1975 1° with electro-magnetic release button
Canon Canon AE-1 1976 1° with a micro-chip inside
Minolta Minolta XD-7 (XD 11) 1978 1° multimode automatic exposure controls
Kyocera Contax 139Q 1978 1° with a quartz crystal oscillator to control shutter speeds
Konishiroku Konica FS-1 1979 1° with built-in winder without advancement lever