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In more typical conditions, the ME F would focus imprecisely, or simply fail to focus. Instead, it might continuously but hopelessly turn its lens; "hunting" in vain for proper focus but succeeding in wasting limited battery power. In addition, since the ME F was compatible with only one autofocus lens, its flexibility as an interchangeable lens camera was almost negated. Photographers saw the ME F as little more than a curiosity, not worth its initial 50% price premium over the equivalent manual focus ME Super.
305:(AF) 35 mm SLR camera to reach production. It had a built-in through-the-lens (TTL) electronic contrast detection system to automatically determine proper subject focus and drive a lens to that focus point. Although it autofocused poorly and was a commercial failure, the pioneering ME F was a major milestone in the history of camera technology that pointed the way to all present day AF SLRs. Most new cameras today, whether film, video or digital, have some sort of autofocusing system.
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between the sensor's two rows. This meant that each row was reading the subject as equally out of focus. Since one row was mounted slightly in front of the film plane, while the other was an equal distance behind, this equated to highest subject contrast in between the rows and a sharp, in-focus subject on the film. The lens would stop turning and the camera would sound a (cancelable) beeper.
498:. Between circa 1975 to 1985, there was a dramatic shift away from heavy all-metal manual mechanical camera bodies to much more compact camera bodies modularly built with substantial amounts of lightweight plastics. In addition, because of rapid advances in electronics, the brands continually leap frogged each other with models having new or more automatic features. The introduction of
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UNDER LED went out. Unlike most other SLRs of the era, the ME F used two push buttons to increase or decrease shutter speeds instead of the traditional dial and this LED scale is the only display of the set shutter speed. What appeared to be a shutter speed dial on autoexposure M-series SLRs was actually the exposure mode dial: AUTO meant aperture priority and M was for manual.
520:(Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic ES in the USA) of 1971 was the first 35 mm SLR with electronic aperture priority autoexposure and the Pentax ME was the first electronic autoexposure-only 35 mm SLR. Asahi Optical was also the first company to offer publicly available anti-reflection multicoated photographic lenses with their SMC Takumar lenses in 1971.
347:(1982). They all used the same basic ultra-compact aluminium alloy chassis (except for the MX, which had a different chassis but used similar styling). They differed in feature levels, internal electronics, and external controls and cosmetics. The M-series remain among the smallest and lightest full-frame 35 mm film SLRs ever made.
551:(Super Program in the USA), a less radical SLR also built upon the M-series chassis, but offering the much more mainstream features of programmed autoexposure and TTL autoflash, in mid-1983. The Super-A broke the tradition of being capable of batteryless operation. The ME F was quietly dropped from the Pentax lineup in 1984.
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558:(Alpha 7000 in Japan) in 1985, with its superior and better integrated phase comparison AF system and far wider lens and accessory selection, that autofocusing captured the 35 mm SLR buying public's imagination and the AF SLR camera revolution truly began. Asahi Optical's second AF SLR, the
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418:(LED) flanked by two red arrowhead shaped, out-of-focus, turning direction LED indicators visible at the bottom of the viewfinder. If both red LEDs lit, the ME F could not determine correct focus. In that case, the 35mm-70mm lens had a backup manual focus ring.
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407:(MOS) silicon sensor. A microcomputer analyzed the sensor's subject contrast readings. Modern AF SLRs use similar, though much evolved, AF hardware; however, their AF software no longer analyze contrast.
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