Many sources for all Alpa information are inaccurate, at best.  The 9d first appeared in Europe only, in 1963, and finally production reached large enough numbers to make it to America in 1964 thru the sole importer, Karl Heitz in New York.  Your listing mentions nothing about coupled or uncoupled meters.  The fact of the matter is tha the Alpa 9d meter was TTL.  By your definition though, it *WAS* coupled with the aperature. The shutter was not coupled to the meter.  The Alpa was unique in that there were three (not one) meter sensors in the camera (two pointed forward, one pointed at the eyepiece which was subtracted out.) So, you could also call it "partly' coupled.  I saw some "automatic" cameras years later that would not let you program the Aperature to the shutter speed, yet they were "fully automatic".  Finally, the Pentax Spotmatic was produced with some collaberation with the Alpa, at least via some sources.  Finally, the Alpas have stood the test of time.  A 9d today will work just fine, as long as you can get a battery for the meter, granted, mine was a 1966 version of the 9d. James Eager