Rangefinder camera
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A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a rangefinder, typically a split-image rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to measure the subject distance and take p
A Foca camera of 1947 at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris
1957–60 Kodak Retina IIIC
Leica M7 rangefinder
Contax II
Single-lens reflex camera
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In photography, a single-lens reflex camera is a type of camera that uses a mirror and prism system to allow photographers to view through the lens and see exactly what will be captured. SLRs became t
Rangefinder camera
…to the focusing mechanism so that the lens is focused correctly when the rangefinder images fuse; compare with the focusing screen in non-autofocus SLRs. Almost all digital cameras, and most later film cameras, measure distance using electroacoustic or electronic means and focus automatically (autofocus…
The Zeiss Ikon VEB Contax S, manufactured in Dresden, one of the two original pentaprism SLRs for eye-level viewing that went into production in 1949. The Italian Rectaflex offered its first production SLR, the series 1000, the same year.
Cross section of SLR camera
Focusing screen on Praktica Super TL1000
16 mm SLR Narciss camera