The first LED device that I remember was the Pulsar watch, which I think
appeared about 1970.
I don't know about cameras. I know the Rollei 35 LED appeared in 1978, and
the Canon A-1 in the early 80's.
SKip
At 05/09/00 09:18 AM -0400, you wrote:
It's true that the OM-2 looks, feels and sounds just like an analog
camera, especially the viewfinder with the swinging needle. (The only
hint are the silent long exposures, and battery check.) Does anyone
remember when LED's first showed up on consumer electronics in the late
70's? Clocks, Beta VCR's, stereo components, cameras, lapel pins (!) .
. . . .If you didn't have lots of "electronic" displays then you were
last year's model. So, although the OM-2 was ahead of it's time it had
the look of something just behind it: The subsequent OM bodies all have
"electronic" viefinders even if, like the OM-10, they are not as
advanced as the OM-2.
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Westfield, NJ
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