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The first consumer camera with a liquid crystal display on the back was the Casio QV-10 developed by a team led by Hiroyuki Suetaka in 1995. The first camera to use CompactFlash was the Kodak DC-25 in 1996. [52] The first camera that offered the ability to record video clips may have been the Ricoh RDC-1 in 1995.
An electric monowheel called Dynasphere was tested in 1932 in the United Kingdom. [11] [12] In 1971, an American inventor named Kerry McLean built his first monocycle (aka monowheel). In 2000, he built a larger version, the McLean Rocket Roadster powered by a Buick V-8 engine, which subsequently crashed in 2001 during the initial test run.
As the Olympus Six camera but with four element 7.5 cm f/3.5 lens Super Olympus 1943 A Olympus Six camera but with new five element 7.5 cm f/4.5 lens Super Olympus II 1943 As the Super Olympus I camera but with five element 7.5 cm f/3.5 lens Flex series (6x6 TLR cameras) Flex (later renamed Flex BII) 1952 First of the series of 6×6 TLRs
M9 – 2009 – The first full frame digital camera in the series, introduced on September 9, 2009. [1] M9-P – 2011 – The full frame digital camera with a classic look, introduced in June/July 2011. [2] M Monochrom – 2012 – Announced in May 2012, scheduled for retail sale in July 2012. A version of the M9 that shoots exclusively in ...
The Nikon FA is a historically significant camera. It was the first camera to offer a multi-segmented (or matrix or evaluative) exposure light meter, called Automatic Multi-Pattern (AMP). It had a built-in microprocessor computer programmed to automatically analyze different segments of the light meter field of view and select a corrected exposure.
Praktica LLC with Pancolar 1,8/50 lens, the first 35 mm single-lens reflex camera with electrical diaphragm simulation between interchangeable lenses and camera body (1969) Praktica was a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany , within the GDR between 1949 and the German reunification in 1990.
In any case, the Minolta 9000 AF was the first professional SLR system featuring a wide range of autofocus-capable accessories, with the New York Times calling it "The first 35-millimeter automatic-focusing camera built for professional use" [1] and "revolutionary", [2] and Leif Ericksenn, editor-in-chief of Photo Methods magazine calling it ...
1984: The world's first multi-mode medium format camera. This camera was the Pentax 645 [3] 1987: The first 35mm SLR camera to feature a built-in TTL auto flash (SF-1) [3] 1991: The world's first weather-resistant zoom compact camera is launched. That camera was the "PENTAX ZOOM 90WR" [7]