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- From: rdb1@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ronald.j.deblock..jr)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Major advances in camera technology (was Re: Camera Feature Wars - Photo Getting Like Video)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.200430.2453@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 20:04:30 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.162305.1@cc.helsinki.fi> <1992Nov20.180516.28628@noao.edu> <98631@netnews.upenn.edu>
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- In article <98631@netnews.upenn.edu> liang@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Chuck Liang) writes:
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- >1985. The Minolt Maxxum 7000 popularized autofocusing, which first
- >appeared in 1982 with the Pentax Me-F.
- >
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- The December, 1992, Shutterbug has an interesting article on the history of
- Auto Focus. I recommend reading it. It explains the different types of
- AF, talks about early prototypes and production models, and explains why
- the Maxxum 7000 was the first AF 35mm SLR that sold well.
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- The article is part of a series on Pentax cameras, so there is a bit of a
- Pentax bent to it.
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- Ron DeBlock rdb1@cbnewsj.att.com (that's a number 1 in rdb1, not letter l)
- AT&T Bell Labs Somerset, NJ USA
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