Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 at a Bris
From: Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 02:31:03 +0800

on 9/5/02 2:25 am, Douglas Herr at telyt@earthlink.net wrote:

> Wasn't it a Pentax (model escapes my memory) that introduced aperture-priority
> exposure automation on an interchangable-lens SLR?  I think it was 1970 or so.

The first Pentax that offered auto exposure was the Spotmatic ES with M42
screw mount.  But I am not sure if it was world's first AE SLR.  I believe
it was a Konica?

Joseph

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