Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> >> This March issue of Popular Photography has an article in it by Jason Schneider: >> "The 10 most important cameras of the 20th century"! I love this great articles >> more than most even of what Jason Schneider writes! >> 1900 Brownie Camera original Eastman Kodak (one dollar) >> 1924 Ermanox, as hand held by Erich Salomon >> 1925 LEICA A need we say more! >> 1929 Rolleiflex not the first but best twin lens reflex! >> 1933 Super Kodak Six-20, first production automatic exposure (selenium) control >> 1948 Polaroid 95, the first successful Polaroid >> 1948 Hasselblad 1600 F, with 80mm f2.8 Kodak Ektar "a case study in intelligent >> product development" >> 1949 Contax X first successful eye level pentaprism 35mm SLR >> 1977 Konica C35 AF, first point and shoot >> 1984 Minolta Maxxum 7000 first full system AF SLR with sensors and drive >> mechanism built into the body, >> wasn't someone just asking about the Maxxum? >> What other camera came out that year? >> You could say Pop Photo was just a gadget mag but you'd be wrong. >> Rothchild, Goldberg, Cora Wright Kennedy, Bill Pierce... >> my 60's influences, the magazine that got me into photography! >> Although this was my first issue in a year or two!! >> Mark Rabiner >How did he miss the Nikon F, perhaps the most ubiquitous slr in history. >John shick > I think Jason S. was charting successful milestones in camera development. The Nikon F was not the first SLR with pentaprism. Of course the whole exercise is very subjective. Dan K.