Thread: Who designed the SLR?
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Old 06-10-06, 23:28
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Didn't J-H Lartigue use a large-format SLR to (accidentally) get that 'oval'-wheeled shot of a moving car in the early 1900s?

I reckon the Russians made the first 35mm SLR but the Exacta was the first 'proper' system with interchangeable lenses etc.
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