Hi Lite EC

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"The Hi-Lite EC is an innovative SLR from Cosina introduced in 1972. It is among the few models ever to offer aperture-priority autoexposure using plain-vanilla M42 screwmount lenses. The shutter release plunger has a long travel, and partway through its stroke the lens stops down to shooting aperture and the metering circuit activates. Fast-acting silicon blue photocells are able to read the scene illumination in the split-second before the user fully depresses the release button, and indicate the resulting shutter speed with a needle in the viewfinder. However there is no easy exposure compensation possible, aside from "lying" to the…"

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