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Any M mount camera with AE and an LTM to M adapter fitted to it becomes an LTM AE camera effectively.

Why the curiosity about a genuine LTM with AE Juan?
 
Hi Keith,

I think an LTM AE camera could be a bit smaller than M ones... I was also curious to find out if any company made at least an AE only LTM camera: could have been made in an interesting size again... I know M's came as early as 53, long long before AE, but considering the huge amount of LTM lenses in the market, such camera could have seen some use...

Cheers,

Juan
 
You would not find anything smaller than a Minolta CLE.

The late 1970s, early 1980s, is at the time when smaller automatics became possible. Before that, auto-exposure relied on electro-mechanical meters, trap-needle mechanisms. The early aperture preferred electronic cameras such as the Kodak Instamatic Reflex had some big circuit boards. The late 70s saw the Nikon FE, Pentax ME, Olympus OM-2. They were about the size of a Nikon rangefinder.
 
Don't the Bessa L and R have aperture priority AE, L w/o RF and R with? Or were you looking for classics, Juan?
 
Before using LTM to M adapters, I imagined they wouldn't feel or function as perfectly as they do... Maybe that camera was never made because of both things: how very little smaller than M's that camera could have been made as you say, and the fact of being the newer M mount cameras from their birth and for everyone a real good system for LTM lenses too... The lack of AE lock and metered manual on the CLE (even more than age or service&parts) makes the newer AE M's better options... I'm liking too much my RF lenses as for not having any AE camera for them for those times AE can be used...

Cheers,

Juan
 
After Canon retired their LTM RF cameras in the 1960s the only RFs were Leica Ms. No, there were no LTM cameras with AE, other than as previously mentioned that every M is an LTM camera when an adapter is used.
 
Then it looks like my christmas gift could be an R3A... Once a funny seller from Japan asked me "Why Bessa again? Are you planning to mount a Bessa museum?" Yet I smile... The reason is money... I would love to have the mechanical back speeds of the M7, but I just can't... Not my league... One day I'll feel in heaven with an R3A... Hope it's great too!

Cheers,

Juan
 
Juan Valdenebro said:
One day I'll feel in heaven with an R3A... Hope it's great too!
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I have one and I think it is great indeed! :)

Perfect for a 50mm lens (as my M-Hexanon 2/50) and with a 40mm (like the wonderfully small Summicron-C 2/40) it's a very, very nice combination for those one-camera-one-lens days. I rarely leave home without it. (And when I do I most likely have my Bessa L with the 4/25 round my neck.)

Get one, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
 
Tompas said:
I have one and I think it is great indeed! :)

Perfect for a 50mm lens (as my M-Hexanon 2/50) and with a 40mm (like the wonderfully small Summicron-C 2/40) it's a very, very nice combination for those one-camera-one-lens days. I rarely leave home without it. (And when I do I most likely have my Bessa L with the 4/25 round my neck.)

Get one, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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Glad to hear it, Thomas...

Cheers,

Juan
 
ferider said:
Don't forget ZI and Hexar RF, Juan. Among all AE M mounts, the Hexar has interested me most.
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Oh... You're right about the Hexar! I thought it could use its own lenses only, but I just checked it and I was wrong: very fast loading, exposure lock, incredibly fast shutter, its motor can make a difference, fast automatic rewind, metered manual, viewfinder shutter display, film window, DX and manual ISO... Wow! It's clearly the best of them... I'll have to get one soon... Thanks a lot for the advice!

Cheers,

Juan
 
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