Mamiya MSX 500
A would-be successor to both the DTL series and the Auto XTL, the Mamiya MSX series was released in May 1974. It marked a return by Mamiya to the 42mm threaded-mount lens. Designated as either the MSX 500 or MSX 1000 (for either 1/500 or 1/1000 as fastest shutter speed), both have TTL manual CdS spot metering (about 10% center area only), with a needle visible in the viewfinder. The high sync speed is 1/60. As pointed out recently by Gentle Reader Wim de Kan, from the Netherlands, they were available both with and without a hot shoe flash attachment. An optional clip-on flash mount was available for cameras without a hot shoe. Battery required is one MS76 or equivalent.
