There's a couple of others worthy of mention - or maybe even adding to the
list.
Olympus OM-2 - for automated (TTL-OTF) flash exposure.
Olympus Pen - for half-frame p & s photography - ok the Pen's not the only,
or even first, half-frame camera - but its probably the most famous one and
arguably led to full-frame SLRs as becoming as small and compact as they
did.
Canon Canon AE-1 - first camera controlled by a CPU.
Canon IXUS Advanced Photo System (APS) camera - first [successful] APS
camera? - I've never had an APS camera so not entirely sure.
Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 - world's first instant camera.
Fuji DS-1P the first fully digital camera (c/w with removable flash card
media).
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>From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Most influential cameras
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:00:23 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>I've been noodling about the "most influential cameras" of
>recent decades. If you go back into the '60's and '70s you see
>the Nikon F, the OM-1, and others like that. I'm going to
>suggest that manufacturer has introduced ONE camera that changed
>the photographic world for years and years after. Here's my
>list, mentioning only ONE camera per brand.
>
>1. Leica M. It made 35mm film stock usable for stills.
>
>2. Kodak Brownie. It brought affordable photography to the
>masses in a foolproof P&S. Other P&S cameras existed prior to
>the Brownie, but it was the first to influence future camera
>designs.
>
>3. Argus C3. It brought high-quality 35mm photography to the
>masses. It was the perfect match for the newly introduced
>Kodachrome film.
>
>4. Mamiya RB67. It brought an end to the dominance of the
>Speed/Crown Graphic in commercial work.
>
>5. Hassleblad. First truely system-oriented medium-format for
>wedding/portrait work and ended the dominance of TLR cameras.
>
>6. Nikon F. First viable 35mm SLR that all others copied and
>improved upon.
>
>7. Canon A1. Usable program mode and exposure modes that
>revolutionized the camera and was a precurser to nearly all
>cameras to follow.
>
>8. Olympus IS-1. First widely-accepted ZLR type camera which
>not only other companies copied but influenced the design and
>shape of "Prosumer" digital cameras.
>
>9. Minolta Maxxum 7000 AF. First truelly usable and functional
>AF SLR.
>
>AG
>
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