| Produced by |
Model |
Year |
Innovative characteristic |
Picture |
| Nippon Kogaku |
Nikon F3-AF |
1980 |
1° with LCD display and first autofocus with interchangeable AF finder |
 |
| Mamiya |
Mamiya ZE-2 |
1980 |
1° with warning signal for too low shutter speeds |
 |
| Rollei |
Rollei SL-2000F |
1981 |
1° with built-in pentaprism and waist-level finder and motor
 |

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| Ricoh |
Ricoh XR-S |
1981 |
1° solar-cells powered |
 |
| Asahi Pentax |
Pentax ME-F |
1981 |
1° with internal auto-focus sensor control |
 |
| Canon |
Canon F1-new |
1981 |
1° to offer three types of meter reading combined with multi-mode exposure control |
 |
| Nippon Kogaku |
Nikon FM-2 |
1982 |
1° with high speed of 1/4000 |
 |
| Nippon Kogaku |
Nikon FA |
1983 |
1° with multi-zone metering system |
 |
| Olympus |
Olympus OM-3, OM-4 |
1983 |
1° with meters that automatically average separate spot readings |
 |
| Minolta |
Minolta 7000 |
1985 |
1° modern autofocus system camera built into the camera |
 |
| Canon |
Canon T90 |
1986 |
1° with second curtain slow flash synchronization |
 |
| Kyocera |
Contax 167 MT |
1987 |
1° with automatic exposure bracketing |
 |
| Nippon Kogaku |
Nikon F-801 |
1988 |
1° with high speed of 1/8000 |
 |
| Ricoh |
Ricoh Mirai |
1988 |
1° bridge-camera |
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