CT1 Super shutter speeds
The Japanese firm Cosina has a long history of manufacturing cameras for sale under the branding of other camera companies, dating at least back to the Argus/Cosina STL 1000 of 1970. In the 1980s, Cosina developed a basic kit of parts for a manual-focus SLR based around a vertically-traveling metal-bladed shutter. This platform was later transformed into a bewildering variety of other camera models.
While some point to the CT-1 as the ancestor of all these cameras, it may be more useful to point out the Cosina CT1 Super, circa 1983. This is the model which brought together a 1/2000 sec. top shutter speed and the 3-LED metering display ( - o + ) for the first time, features which define the most ubiquitous Cosina-made SLRs, right down to the Nikon FM10 which is still sold today in 2015.
CT1 Super shutter speeds
The Japanese firm Cosina has a long history of manufacturing cameras for sale under the branding of other camera companies, dating at least back to the Argus/Cosina STL 1000 of 1970. In the 1980s, Cosina developed a basic kit of parts for a manual-focus SLR based around a vertically-traveling metal-bladed shutter. This platform was later transformed into a bewildering variety of other camera models.
While some point to the CT-1 as the ancestor of all these cameras, it may be more useful to point out the Cosina CT1 Super, circa 1983. This is the model which brought together a 1/2000 sec. top shutter speed and the 3-LED metering display ( - o + ) for the first time, features which define the most ubiquitous Cosina-made SLRs, right down to the Nikon FM10 which is still sold today in 2015.