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TOPCON RE SUPER

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The Topcon RE Super is a 35mm SLR camera manufactured by Tokyo Optical Company, launched in 1963 and produced until 1971. It is historically significant for being the first SLR with a through-the-lens (TTL) metering system, utilizing CdS photocells located behind a specially silvered reflex mirror. The camera features a focal plane shutter with speeds from 1 to 1/1000 second plus bulb, and an instant-return mirror. It uses the Exakta lens mount and offers interchangeable reflex finder heads and focusing screens. The RE Super requires a mercury battery for its whole-scene averaging meter, which has a sensitivity of 2 to 16 EV and supports film speeds from 25 to 1600 ASA.

A paved road curves through a residential neighborhood with mountains in the background.
Sunlight illuminates two sinks in a dilapidated room, with the Statue of Liberty visible in a small mirror on the wall.
A high-angle view shows rows of bookshelves illuminated by long, glowing neon lights in a bookstore.
A neon sign for "Cyclone" is visible on a roller coaster structure against a dark blue sky with a crescent moon.
A small bird with outstretched wings lands on a person's open hand filled with seeds and nuts in a forest.
A man in a white shirt and baseball cap plays a coin pusher arcade game at night.

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