<s>
The	O
Minolta	O
CLE	O
is	O
a	O
TTL-metering	O
automatic	O
exposure	O
aperture-priority	B-Algorithm
35	O
mm	O
rangefinder	B-Algorithm
camera	I-Algorithm
using	O
Leica	B-Algorithm
M	I-Algorithm
lenses	I-Algorithm
,	O
introduced	O
by	O
Minolta	O
in	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
its	O
results	O
was	O
the	O
joint	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Leica	B-Algorithm
CL	I-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
compact	O
rangefinder	B-Algorithm
camera	I-Algorithm
introduced	O
in	O
1973	O
and	O
discontinued	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CLE	O
was	O
a	O
new	O
rangefinder	B-Algorithm
body	O
resembling	O
the	O
Leica	B-Algorithm
CL	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Minolta	O
CLE	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Minolta	O
XG-series	O
SLRs	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CLE	O
has	O
an	O
electronic	O
focal	O
plane	O
shutter	O
to	O
1/1000	O
seconds	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
through-the-lens	O
(	O
TTL	O
)	O
silicon	O
photodiode	O
(	O
SPD	O
)	O
exposure	O
meter	O
with	O
aperture-priority	B-Algorithm
automatic	O
or	O
manual	O
exposure	O
,	O
and	O
automated	O
ambient	O
and	O
flash	O
exposure	O
metering	O
system	O
continuing	O
to	O
work	O
and	O
dynamically	O
adjusting	O
the	O
shutter	O
speed	O
and	O
TTL	O
,	O
off	O
the	O
film	O
(	O
OTF	O
)	O
flash	O
during	O
the	O
exposure	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ambient	O
metering	O
worked	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
similar	O
way	O
to	O
that	O
employed	O
by	O
the	O
then	O
current	O
Olympus	B-Algorithm
OM-2n	I-Algorithm
single-lens	O
reflex	O
camera(SLR )	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
None	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
would	O
appear	O
on	O
any	O
other	O
body	O
for	O
M-mount	O
lenses	O
until	O
the	O
Konica	B-Algorithm
Hexar	I-Algorithm
RF	I-Algorithm
of	O
1999	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
all	O
but	O
TTL-OTF	O
flash	O
metering	O
and	O
dynamic	O
exposure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earlier	O
Leica	B-Algorithm
CL	I-Algorithm
40mm	O
and	O
90mm	O
lenses	O
had	O
single	O
coatings	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
Minolta	O
CL-E	O
versions	O
of	O
these	O
two	O
lenses	O
,	O
plus	O
a	O
28mm	O
,	O
were	O
multi-coated	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
optical	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earlier	O
Leica	B-Algorithm
CLs	I-Algorithm
did	O
not	O
have	O
28mm	O
frame-lines	O
.	O
</s>
