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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/alpa/alpa_9d_9f/alpa_9d_9f.htm Alpa Reflex 9d manual] at [http://www.orphancameras.com Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras] | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/alpa/alpa_9d_9f/alpa_9d_9f.htm Alpa Reflex 9d manual] at [http://www.orphancameras.com Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras] | ||
| + | *[https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/01766/01766.pdf Alpa Reflex 9d test reports (pdf)] at [https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/ Pacific Rim Camera] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:15, 11 January 2024
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Variants: 9f
Film type: 35mm
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| image by ebayer Kucuklu (Image rights) |
The Alpa Reflex 9d is a 35mm SLR camera manufactured by Alpa. Its historical significance is being one of the earliest SLRs (alongside the Pentax Spotmatic) to use CdS cells within the pentaprism housing, aimed at the ground glass, to take TTL exposure readings. This method would soon become near-ubiquitous across the industry. An additional CdS cell corrects for light which might be erroneously entering via the viewfinder eyepiece. However the 9d's selected shutter speed does not couple to the light meter, and exposure settings must be transferred manually.
The 9d was released alongside the Alpa Reflex 9f which lacked a exposure meter.
A specialty is the second M type flash synchronized flashgun connector for shutter speeds up to 1/1000 through use of "FP" (focal plane shutter) type flash bulbs.
