The new LEICA R series cameras were based on Minolta electronics but produced by Leitz in Germany or Portugal. In order to offer automatic exposure, Leitz teamed up with the Japanese company Minolta. The LEICAFLEX SL2 (1974) was a minor upgrade: it offered an additional split-image rangefinder for positive focusing, and a more sensitive exposure meter, as well as an additional accessory-shoe contact. The LEICAFLEX SL (1968) introduced a TTL ("Selective Light") open-aperture metering (and removed the mirror lock-up feature that was available on the predecessor). It was an all-mechanical camera with external CdS cell built into the pentraprism. Leitz introduced LEICAFLEX, their first SLR, in 1964.
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