[1] One of its results was the joint development of the Leica CL, a compact rangefinder camera introduced in 1973 and discontinued a few years later.

It had a black finish, except for run of 300 gold-plated cameras sold in the Japanese market.

Ambient light was measured by the SPD as it was reflected off a pattern on the shutter curtains.

None of these features would appear on any other body for M-mount lenses until the Konica Hexar RF of 1999, which has all but TTL-OTF flash metering and dynamic exposure.

[3] Mechanical | Mechanical TTL |   Electronic Controlled Shutter TTL This article was originally based on "Minolta CLE" in Camerapedia, retrieved at an unknown date under the GNU Free Documentation License.