On Sunday, April 3, 2005, at 08:54 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote: > [...] As an after thought It has always been interesting to me that > none of the traditional 35mm camera manufacturers forsaw the great > impact that SLRs would have. Wasn't the Contarex one of the very first, if not THE very first, 35mm SLR with pentaprism finder, rapid return mirror, interchangeable lenses and automatic diaphragm closing-and-opening - the things we all expect in a fully functional SLR? Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir>