Kodak began to toy with adapting Nikon film camera to a low resolution sensor in May 1991, Nikon, Canon, and then Minolta dove into their own dedicated dSLR cameras from February 2001 through February 2004. Of course the SLR became a dSLR once the film plane was replaced by a digital sensor. The trick to the system was to get the mirror to swing out of the way when you pressed the shutter release, so the light would fall onto the film. The mirror reflected the light up into the prism and to your eye. The “reflex” part of the name referred to the mirror and prism portion of the camera, which allowed you to look in the viewfinder and see the light coming through the lens. They popularized the big camera system with all the lenses and accessories. The three Japanese camera companies didn’t invent the Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera. And, the Minolta SR-2 became the affordable, quality alternative. The Canonflex was so popular that all inventory sold-out. At that camera show in Philadelphia, the Nikon F dazzled to an instant leadership role. Wednesday, Aug10:19a EDT - #001,618 - Is the Nikon Z line innovative? Or is it just Nikon’s version of what Sony has being doing with their alpha line of professional and semi-professional cameras? First, let’s go way back to almost 60 years of photographic history when Canon, Minolta (now owned by Sony and renamed as such), and Nikon introduced to North America their camera systems, in March 1959.
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