Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Thursday, May 09, 2002 02:31:03 AM +0800 Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com> wrote: > 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? I'm pretty sure it was the Konica Autoreflex, which was shutter priority only. - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html