1960 St. Louis MPDFA show report

After the momentous 1959 Philadelphia show (notably introducing the Nikon F, etc.) the following year's exhibit seems mostly to be other companies playing catch-up: Every manufacturer and distributor is pulling out the stops to introduce or update their 35mm SLRs; but as the editors wisely ask, "which will survive?"

 

See wiki articles about:

• Agfaflex

• Aires Penta 35 (advertised here)

• DeJur rebadging a Topcon PRII (advertised here)

• Beseler rebadging a Topcon RII (now with internal, instant-reopen aperture linkage)

• the rare Konica F

• Miranda Automex (advertised here)

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