In 1960, Nikon made the move from rangefinder to SLR along with Zeiss and the Contax. Meanwhile, the Canon 7 rangefinder came out in 1961, with the M39 Leica screw mount lens putting it in direct competition with the Leica M3 at the time. Canon may have seen this as their chance to pull ahead… Continue reading The Canon 7 Rangefinder
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One of the First Electronically Controlled Cameras – the Yashica Electro 35 GS
The Yashica Electro 35 looks like a robot head straight out of a Jetson’s cartoon, but I love that about it.