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| Produced by | Model | Year | Innovative characteristic | Picture |
| Gomz | Sport | 1935 | 1° world reflex 135 (?) , though with Loupe finder |
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| Ihagee | Kine Exakta | 1936 | 1° with advance lever, speeds from 12 sec to 1/1000, first 135 SLR system |
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| Pignons | Alpa 1 Reflex | 1943 | 1° reflex with real rangefinder lens-coupled |
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| Gamma | Gamma Duflex | 1947 | 1° with instant return mirror, metal focal plane shutter, semi-automatic diaphragm, bayonet mount |
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| Pignons | Alpa Prisma Reflex | 1948 | 1° with fixed roof pentaprism finder, but with a viewing path 45 degrees, second with fixed prism-finder, a little time after Contax S and Rectaflex |
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| Veb Pentacon | Contax S | 1949 | 1° with modern fixed pentaprism, together with Rectaflex and Alpa Prisma Reflex |
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| Rectaflex | Rectaflex | 1949 | 1° with modern fixed pentaprism, together with Contax S and Alpa Prisma Reflex |
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| Veb Pentacon | Praktica | 1949 | 1° with 42x1 screw-mount, together with Contax-S |
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| Ihagee | Exakta Varex | 1950 | 1° with interchangeble pentaprism finder |
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| Pignons | Alpa 4, 5, 6 | 1952 | 1° with chassis in aluminum-alloy pressofusion |
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| Veb Pentacon | Contax E | 1953 | 1° with built-in but uncoupled selenium cell meter | |
| Zeiss Ikon | Contaflex 1 | 1953 | 1° leaf-shutter 135 SLR |
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| Seroa | Mecaflex | 1953 | 1° and only 24x24 reflex using normal cartridge 135, with interchangeble lenses |
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| Asahi Pentax | Asahiflex IIB | 1954 | 1° japanese instant return mirror connected to shutter release |
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| Ihagee | Exakta Varex VX | 1954 | 1° with semi-automatic stop-down lens aperture and diaphragm preselection externally activated |
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| Tokiwa | Firstflex 35 | 1954 | 1° 135 reflex leaf- shutter with interchangeble lenses |
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| Veb Pentacon | Praktina FX | 1955 | 1° with spring winder |
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| Miranda | Miranda T | 1955 | 1° japanese 35mm SLR with a roof pentaprism, and interchangeable |
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| Braun | Paxette Reflex | 1955 | 1° match-needle exposure control on a leaf shutter SLR | |
| Zeiss Ikon | Contarex 1 | 1958 | 1 with incorporate meter coupled with diaphragms |
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| Zunow | Zunow | 1958 | 1° automatic Stop Down, with instant return mirror |
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| Voigtlander | Bessamatic | 1959 | 1° reflex with interchangeble lenses to use a zoom (Zoomar 36-82:2,8) |
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| OPL-Foca | Focaflex | 1959 | 1° with semi-transparent fixed mirror |
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| Nippon Kogaku | Nikon F | 1959 | 1° with battered power motor and perspective control 35mm lens |
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| Konishiroku | Konica F | 1960 | 1° with top-speed of 1/2000 and Syncro Flash of 1/125 | |
| Sito | Savoyflex Automatique | 1960 | 1° automatic shutter priority with coupled selenium meter, in a leaf-shutter camera |
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| Canon | Canonflex R 2000 | 1962 | 1° along with the Konica F, with top-speed of 1/2000 |
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| Zeiss Ikon | Contaflex Super B | 1962 | 1° as Savoyflex but with aperture information visible in finder |
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| Minolta | Minolta SR-7 | 1962 | 1° CDS meter and with indications in finder |
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| Wirgin | Edixa Electronica | 1962 | 1° dual automatic exposure control, shutter preferred plus programmed exposure over-ride on a leaf-shutter SLR |
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| Nikon | Nikkorex Zoom | 1962 | 1° reflex with fixed Zoom (43-86:3,5) |
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| Olympus | Olympus Pen F | 1963 | 1° reflex half-format 18x24 using normal 135 cartridge |
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| Topcon | Topcon Re Super | 1963 | 1° TTL meter full aperture with match-needle control |
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| Pignons | Alpa 9D | 1964 | 1° TTL Stop Down meter reading |
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| Asahi Pentax | Pentax Spotmatic | 1964 | 1° TTL meter full opening and electric diaphragm simulator |
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| K.M.Z. | Zenit-5 | 1964 | 1° with built-in battered power winder, but with manual advance included |
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| Zeiss Ikon | Contaflex Super-BC | 1965 | 1° TTL metered automatic exposure control, shutter preferred in a leaf shutter camera |
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| Veb Pentacon | Praktica Electronic | 1966 | 1° with electronically controlled shutter, and with a slow speed of 30 sec. | |
| Konishiroku | Konica Autoreflex | 1966 | 1° with focal plane shutter SRL with automatic exposure control, shutter preferred |
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| Mamiya | Sekor 1000 DTL | 1968 | 1° with choice of spot or averaging meter reading |
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| Web Pentacon | Praktica LLC | 1969 | 1° with an electric contact for transmitting aperture information between body and lenses |
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| Zeiss Ikon | Contarex SE | 1968 | 1° with automatic diaphragm exposure control, but with an external accessory |
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| Yashica | Yashica TL Electro-X | 1969 | 1° with electronic lights for exposure information in the finder, and first with stepless electronic shutter speed control |
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| Wirgin | Edixa Electronica TL | 1971 | 1° with electronic self-timer with blinking light | |
| Olympus | Olympus OM-1 | 1972 | 1° with full-featured SLR body in a compact size |
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| Asahi Pentax | Pentax Electro Spotmatic | 1972 | 1° with built-in aperture preferred automatic exposure control |
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| Chinon | Chinon M1 | 1972 | 1° with a control for making double exposure | |
| Nippon Kogaku | Nikkormat-EL | 1972 | 1° with automatic exposure hold |
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| Fujica | Fujica ST-801 | 1973 | 1° to use light-emitting diodes in the finder for match-LED exposure control |
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| Fujica | Fujica ST-901 | 1974 | 1° with digital read-out of shutter speeds in the finder |
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| Olympus | Olympus OM-2 | 1975 | 1° with meter cell reading the light on the film plane, with low shutter speed of 60 sec |
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| Kyocera | Contax RTS | 1975 | 1° with electro-magnetic release button |
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| Canon | Canon AE-1 | 1976 | 1° with a micro-chip inside |
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| Minolta | Minolta XD-7 (XD 11) | 1978 | 1° multimode automatic exposure controls |
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| Kyocera | Contax 139Q | 1978 | 1° with a quartz crystal oscillator to control shutter speeds |
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| Konishiroku | Konica FS-1 | 1979 | 1° with built-in winder without advancement lever |
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| Nippon Kogaku | Nikon F3-AF | 1980 | 1° with LCD display and first autofocus with interchangeable AF finder |
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| Mamiya | Mamiya ZE-2 | 1980 | 1° with warning signal for too low shutter speeds |
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| Rollei | Rollei SL-2000F | 1981 | 1° with built-in pentaprism and waist-level finder and motor | |
| Ricoh | Ricoh XR-S | 1981 | 1° solar-cells powered |
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| Asahi Pentax | Pentax ME-F | 1981 | 1° with internal auto-focus sensor control |
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| Canon | Canon F1-new | 1981 | 1° to offer three types of meter reading combined with multi-mode exposure control |
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| Nippon Kogaku | Nikon FM-2 | 1982 | 1° with high speed of 1/4000 |
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| Nippon Kogaku | Nikon FA | 1983 | 1° with multi-zone metering system |
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| Olympus | Olympus OM-3, OM-4 | 1983 | 1° with meters that automatically average separate spot readings |
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| Minolta | Minolta 7000 | 1985 | 1° modern autofocus system camera built into the camera |
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| Canon | Canon T90 | 1986 | 1° with second curtain slow flash synchronization |
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| Kyocera | Contax 167 MT | 1987 | 1° with automatic exposure bracketing |
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| Nippon Kogaku | Nikon F-801 | 1988 | 1° with high speed of 1/8000 |
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| Ricoh | Ricoh Mirai | 1988 | 1° bridge-camera |
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| Canon | Canon Eos-10 | 1990 | 1° with built-in wireless remote control |
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| Canon | Canon Eos-5 | 1992 | 1° to use eye's retin reading to target area in the finder |
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| Nippon Kogaku | Nikon F-90 | 1992 | 1° with cross-field auto-focus sensors reading also vertical line |
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| Minolta | Minolta 9xi | 1992 | 1° with high speed of 1/12000 |
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