What cameras have LED viewfinders where the actual values light up instead of markers next to them?

[68degrees]

For example on the minolta xd11 the shutter speed or apertures show up in the viewfinder and little red led markers appear next to the shutter speeds but the shutter speeds themselves only show when t here is a bright background.

What all cameras have the actual shutter speeds or fstops light up with LEDs and not just LED markers next to them?

I think the Canon AE1 does but not sure.

 

[Chan Tran]

The one I know so far is the Canon A1. It's the earliest 35mm SLR with digital display I think. Later models switched to LCD I think.

 

[msarkki]

Contax RTS II. Aperture as led ”segment” display on the bottom and shutter speeds outside the frame on right hand side as backlit numbers.

 

[AgX]

I think the Canon AE1 does but not sure.

No, the AE1 got a scale and a needle swinging over it.

But the A1 was one of the very first to show LED figures.

 

[Laurent]

For example on the minolta xd11 the shutter speed or apertures show up in the viewfinder and little red led markers appear next to the shutter speeds but the shutter speeds themselves only show when t here is a bright background.

What all cameras have the actual shutter speeds or fstops light up with LEDs and not just LED markers next to them?

I think the Canon AE1 does but not sure.

Not the AE-1, but the AE1-P, which uses LEDs behind the display so that it shows the value lit in red.

 

[AgX]

The Fujica ST-901 (1974) was the very first model to have LED figures in the finder.

The Canon A-1 came in 1978, so there likely are models in between.

 

[Chan Tran]

Not the AE-1, but the AE1-P, which uses LEDs behind the display so that it shows the value lit in red.

AE-1P has the LED behind the numbers not a 7 segment display like the A1.

 

[Huss]

Rollei QZ35w and QZ35T

 

[Ces1um]

Voigtlander Bessa R*M's give you red led's that say +/- 1,2,3 stops.

 

[Photoguy365]

Nikon F5.

 

[MattKing]

Olympus OM20/OMG

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Canon's T-series cameras, notably the T90 which used a masked LED display in the viewfinder.
It is archaic technology that was long superseded by LCD displays. The LEDs taxed batteries, and that was one of the complaints of the T-series cameras.

 

[Chan Tran]

Nikon F5.

No Nikon has LED digital display. The F2SB and F2AS have + 0 - LED. The FM's are similar but not digital. The F5 or even as old as the F3 has digital display but LCD and not LED.

 

[AgX]

Voigtlander Bessa R*M's give you red led's that say +/- 1,2,3 stops.

This thread is not about plain LEDs.
But about 7segment LEDs. And as others pointed out there also was a third type of LED display where a figure stencil was lighted from behind with a plain LED.

 

[Ces1um]

This thread is not about plain LEDs.
But about 7segment LEDs. And as others pointed out there also was a third type of LED display where a figure stencil was lighted from behind with a plain LED.

My bad. The thread title didn't really spell it out. What I meant to say is that the voigtlander bessa r*m is definitely not what you want.

 

[68degrees]

This thread is not about plain LEDs.
But about 7segment LEDs. And as others pointed out there also was a third type of LED display where a figure stencil was lighted from behind with a plain LED.

yes this is what I meant. just an led to backlight the stencil.

 

[johnha]

Pentax P30 (P3 in the US) and I presume P30N/P30T, Pentax P50 (P5 in US), Pentax SFX(n) (SF1(n) in US).

 

[dante]

Hexar RF

 

[Chan Tran]

Pentax P30 (P3 in the US) and I presume P30N/P30T, Pentax P50 (P5 in US), Pentax SFX(n) (SF1(n) in US).

The P30 has led behind a stencil and that doesn't count.

 

[ic-racer]

yes this is what I meant. just an led to backlight the stencil.

Rollei 3003. The manual is misleading because it actually is the inverse of what is shown. Illuminated red numbers on a black background.

 

[PaulQ]

Minolta 9xi & 9? Not sure if they're backlit LCD or led .
I think the OM40/pc had a strip of led lit numbers up the left of the viewfinder.

 

[Chan Tran]

Minolta 9xi & 9? Not sure if they're backlit LCD or led .
I think the OM40/pc had a strip of led lit numbers up the left of the viewfinder.

All Minolta Maxxum's have LCD display. The strip of LED is not what the OP was asking for as his XD-11 has the strip of LED. Cameras that use LED to display numerals with 7 segment character (or more) are rare. As I said before they moved to LCD with newer models.

 

[Chuckwade87]

Nikon 2020

 

[Chan Tran]

Nikon 2020

Nope! It has a strip of LED not the type of LED which actually forms the number.
So far only the Canon A1, The Fujica ST901 and the Contax RTS II have it.

 

[Chuckwade87]

I suppose my question then would be what does this function serve exactly?