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Cameras By Year
  Ansco No. 4 Model C - 1905
  Kodak Vest Pocket Model B - 1925
  Argus A - 1936
  Ihagee Kiné Exakta - 1936
  Kodak Retina - 1937
  Argus C3 - 1939
  Kodak 35 RF - 1940
  Kodak Medalist II - 1946
  Leica IIIc - 1946
  Konica (I) - 1948
  Polaroid Model 95 - 1948
  Zeiss Ikon Contax S - 1949
  Nikon S - 1950
  Zeiss Ikon Contax IIa - 1950
  Canon III - 1951
  Ihagee Exa - 1951
  Ihagee Exakta Varex VX - 1951
  Zeiss Ikon Contaflex - 1953
  Ansco Anscoflex - 1954
  Asahi Asahiflex IIb/Tower 23 - 1954
  Leica M3 - 1954
  Asahi Pentax Original - 1957
  Kodak Retina Reflex - 1957
  Zeiss Ikon Contarex - 1958
  Canon Canonflex - 1959
  Nikon F - 1959
  Olympus Pen - 1959
  Minolta SR-1 - 1961
  Minolta SR-7 - 1962
  Miranda DR - 1962
  Nikon Nikkorex 35-2 - 1962
  Nikon Nikkorex F - 1962
  Taron Marquis - 1962
  Kodak INSTAMATIC 100 - 1963
  Konica FP - 1963
  Nikon Nikkorex Zoom 35 - 1963
  Olympus Pen F - 1963
  Topcon RE Super - 1963
  Asahi Pentax Spotmatic - 1964
  Leicaflex - 1964
  Topcon Auto 100 - 1964
  Konica Auto-Reflex - 1965
  Nikon Nikkormat FT - 1965
  Canon FT QL - 1966
  Canon Pellix QL - 1966
  Rollei 35 - 1966
  Kodak INSTAMATIC REFLEX - 1968
  Pentacon Praktica LLC - 1969
  Traid Fotron III - 196?
  Canon F-1 - 1971
  Olympus OM-1 - 1972
  Olympus OM-2 - 1975
  Asahi Pentax ME - 1976
  Canon AE-1 - 1976
  Konica C35 AF - 1977
  Polaroid SX-70 Sonar One Step - 1978
  Nikon EM - 1979
  Olympus OM-10 - 1979
  Olympus XA2 - 1980
  Asahi Pentax ME-F - 1981
  Canon AL-1 - 1982
  Minolta Maxxum 7000 - 1985

Cameras By Maker
  Ansco No. 4 Model C - 1905
  Ansco Anscoflex - 1954
  Argus A - 1936
  Argus C3 - 1939
  Asahi Asahiflex IIb/Tower 23 - 1954
  Asahi Pentax Original - 1957
  Asahi Pentax Spotmatic - 1964
  Asahi Pentax ME - 1976
  Asahi Pentax ME-F - 1981
  Canon III - 1951
  Canon Canonflex - 1959
  Canon FT QL - 1966
  Canon Pellix QL - 1966
  Canon F-1 - 1971
  Canon AE-1 - 1976
  Canon AL-1 - 1982
  Ihagee Kiné Exakta - 1936
  Ihagee Exa - 1951
  Ihagee Exakta Varex VX - 1951
  Kodak Vest Pocket Model B - 1925
  Kodak Retina - 1937
  Kodak 35 RF - 1940
  Kodak Medalist II - 1946
  Kodak Retina Reflex - 1957
  Kodak INSTAMATIC 100 - 1963
  Kodak INSTAMATIC REFLEX - 1968
  Konica (I) - 1948
  Konica FP - 1963
  Konica Auto-Reflex - 1965
  Konica C35 AF - 1977
  Leica IIIc - 1946
  Leica M3 - 1954
  Leicaflex - 1964
  Minolta SR-1 - 1961
  Minolta SR-7 - 1962
  Minolta Maxxum 7000 - 1985
  Miranda DR - 1962
  Nikon S - 1950
  Nikon F - 1959
  Nikon Nikkorex 35-2 - 1962
  Nikon Nikkorex F - 1962
  Nikon Nikkorex Zoom 35 - 1963
  Nikon Nikkormat FT - 1965
  Nikon EM - 1979
  Olympus Pen - 1959
  Olympus Pen F - 1963
  Olympus OM-1 - 1972
  Olympus OM-2 - 1975
  Olympus OM-10 - 1979
  Olympus XA2 - 1980
  Pentacon Praktica LLC - 1969
  Polaroid Model 95 - 1948
  Polaroid SX-70 Sonar One Step - 1978
  Rollei 35 - 1966
  Taron Marquis - 1962
  Topcon RE Super - 1963
  Topcon Auto 100 - 1964
  Traid Fotron III - 196?
  Zeiss Ikon Contax S - 1949
  Zeiss Ikon Contax IIa - 1950
  Zeiss Ikon Contaflex - 1953
  Zeiss Ikon Contarex - 1958

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 Leicaflex - 1964                   
      

First Leica SLR
$549 with f2 lens in 1965 ($3733 in 2009 dollars)

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A good introduction to the Leicaflex is from the first page of the Leicaflex Guide by Andrew Matheson, published by the Focal Press in 1965. Note that he calls it "one of the last cameras of its kind":

I bought my Leicaflex in December 2009 on eBay from the original owner's son. It's in perfect condition, as you can see from the photos I took with it that appear below. Although it doesn't have a TTL meter, the metering seemed very accurate.

Here are some more photos of the camera:

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These shots on the Boulder, Colorado, downtown mall were taken on Fujicolor 400 color negative film and scanned by a local processing lab. The last shot is interesting because it was taken from the hip, without aiming the camera, and is shown here uncropped.

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Here's the original article on the Leicaflex from the April 1965 issue of Popular Photography:

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The brochure that follows was given to the original buyer of my Leicaflex by his dealer. It's marked with the prices for the camera and various combinations of accessories. He paid $639.08 on 17-July-1967.

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