Summer 2008 Top 10 Cameras...

I don't think I can make 10 these days! Let's see ...

1) ... Leica M4
2) ... Pentax LX
3) ... Pentax K10D
4) ... Olympus OM-2
5) ... Hasselblad 500c/m
6) ... 4x5 Speed Graphic
7) ... Ricoh GX10
8) ...
9) ...
10) .

Only two rangefinders - I have cut back! There are other cameras on the shelves, but these are the ones I plan to shoot with.
 
My top ten in no particular order;

Contax T2
Oly Xa
Minolta CLE
Konica Hexar Silver
Pentax Espio Mini
Nikon 35Ti (Will finish my last roll in it today before it goes up for sale)
Nikon D80
Fuji DL Super Min (another that's going up for sale)
Oly Trip35
Fuji F30
 
My top cameras, ordered according to usage frequency:

1. Leica M2 w/tabbed Summicron 50, VC Heliar 15mm, Nokton 40mm/1.4
2. Pentax *ist DS w/DA 40 Limited, A50/1.7, 18-55 kit lens
3. Rolleiflex Automat X
4. Rollei 35S
5. Olympus Epic Stylus
6. Canon Powershot G2 (sadly sold, but my mainstay for many years prior to current film craze)
7. Yashica GS
8. [I hope it will never come to this, I have enough cameras as it is 🙂]
9.
10.

I seem to have a thing for 40mm lenses, cropped digital or 35mm...
 
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ChrisN said:
I don't think I can make 10 these days! Let's see ...

1) ... Leica M4
2) ... Pentax LX
3) ... Pentax K10D
4) ... Olympus OM-2
5) ... Hasselblad 500c/m
6) ... 4x5 Speed Graphic
7) ... Ricoh GX10
8) ...
9) ...
10) .

Only two rangefinders - I have cut back! There are other cameras on the shelves, but these are the ones I plan to shoot with.
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Good to see the OM-2 at number four Chris ... same as me. Must be a 'downunder' thing! 😛
 
This summer, for sure:

Hexar RF
M5
M6
IIf
Plaubel Makina 67
Fuji GS670II
Fuji GS645
Fujica GS645W
Rollei 35T, 35S
Rolleiflex 3.5E

waiting in the wings:
Contax II
Hasselblad 500cm
4x5 Speed Graphic
 
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Oh, yeah, the Hexar RF. And the Leica M8. And the Canon 5D. And the Rolleiflex Automat IV. Wait...I have those! 😉


Mike's selection of the Wista 810DX will be intriguing to lots of people: no autofocus, no parallax correction, no noise reduction, no automatic film rewind, no image stabilization, no auto-ISO selection, no online support, and worst of all, it's not a Nikon!
 
Ah, nice thread, summer fun with...
in order of actual use:

1.) Speed Graphic with 127 Ektar - a marvel for B/W (as A RF camera of course😉)
2.) The beloved Kiev 4 (saving my money for a Contax)
3.) Nikon FM and the FE2, my dented workhorses
4.) Yashica GS
5.) Contax T2
6.) scratched Summar on a Zorki 4
7.) Minolta 7000i with the superb 1.4/50mm
8.) Mamiya RB
9.) last but not least an olympus 3MP digital ...
10.) most important (should be #1): Moleskine sketchbook, watercolors, and some soft pencils...

If all this wouldn't be so much fun I'd sell half of the gear and go for a Leica, but then all my pics would look similar...

Cheers, Michael
 
Are these lists of stuff we will use or stuff that we like? My "will use" list:

1. Leica M6 TTL w/ Hexanon 50
2. Zeiss Ikon w/ Planar 50 and Biogon 35 (if/when the Ikon gets back from Zeiss)
3. Lomo LC-A
4. Olympus Stylus Epic
 
Top Ten, eh? His is actually a far more interesting list than I expected. The Wista's inclusion alone made it worth the time. My own list would be as follows:

1) Contax II (Still have to buy this one though... 😉 )
2) Contax III
3) Kiev 4a
4) 4x5 Anniversary Speed Graphic
5) 4x5 Pacemaker Crown Graphic
6) 2x3 Pacemaker Speed Graphic
7) ZI Contaflex Super
8) Canon T90
9) Canon A2E EOS
10) Probably whatever the next folder I buy is ... :angel:

William
 
Well it's winter here, but I have been planning to get out and shoot (my uni exams finish on monday) for a while now. So the cameras I plan to use:

1. Minolta Himatic 7s
2. Pentax 67 w/ 105mm 2.8 (I plan to have a go at shooting street with this, just for laughs)
3. Canon 40D
4. Canon 1000F
5. Zenit 12XP

And that's all I own! No doubt I'll add to that collection eventually, despite my wallet saying no.
 
1. Canon 5D. Not the most fun to use, but the results are exceptional, and it delivers.
2. Hasselblad 203FE.
3. Contax RX.
4. Contax Aria.
5. Zeiss Ikon.
6. Nikon F100.
7. Leica M7.
8. Nikon F80.
9. LOMO LC-A+ (RL)
10. [Tie] Contax T3 / Leica CM. The T3 is smaller with a vastly superior viewfinder, but i prefer the CM's lens.
 
As grey and damp without actually raining as you can get here in Wales but still a Summer list sounds like fun

1. Leica MP
2. Leica M2
3. Leica IIIf
4. Nikon D300
5. Nikon D40
6. Pentax 6x7
7. Fuji 645
8. Fuji 6x9
9. Rolleiflex 3.5f
10. Nikon N80
 
1. Fuji F30
2. Fuji F40
3. Fuji F50
4. Canon A550
5. Yashica GSN
6. Zorki 4K
7. Nikon F3
8. Chinon K-mount SLR
9. Lumix FZ3 12x zoom (baseball games, zoo, wildlife)
10. Waiting for a reliable M body for my M lenses
 
This is what I think now...

1. Canon 40D + 10-22 EF-S, 24-105 L, 100-400 L
2. Leica M4 + 35 Summaron and/or 35 Summicron
3. Leica M3 + 50 DR Summicron
4. Canon F-1N + 28 & 50 & 100
5. Contax IIa (or Nikon S2) + Nikon 35
6. Canon P + 35 to check against the Contax/Nikon of 5)
7. Contax III (gets back from CLA, so have to check it)
8. Rolleicord Va (one or two rolls every year)
9. Zeiss Ikon Nettax (vs. Rolleicord)
10. Leica MDa + Visoflex III + Elmarit 135

So one Digital (30%) and 9/10 film cameras (70%)
Two 6x6 vs. 7-8 35mm
Film: 30% color, 70% B&W
 
These are a few of my favorite things I am playing with this summer. Rangefinders are listed first of course. The first three are used the most by far.

1. Leica IIIc with 50mm Summitar f2.0.
2. Contax IIa with 50mm Sonnar f1.5.
3. Leica M2 with Canon 50mm f1.8.
4. Canon P with 35mm VC f2.5.
5. Canon 7 with 75mm VC Heliar f2.5.
6. Contax IIIa with 21mm Biogon f4.5.
7. Canon F1-N with 105mm Kiron Macro, Canon 300mm f4.0, and Canon 500mm f8.0.
8. Korona View 5x7 with Darlot brass Petzval lens.
9. Calumet C-1 8x10 with Vitax No. 3 soft focus lens, C.P. Goerz Apochromat Red Dot Artar 16.5 inch.
10. Nikon F3, F3HP, F2 with a Plethora of Nikkor glass.

Wayne
 
Here's mine, in order of how much I've used them over the years.

Canon A-1 SLR
Canon AE-1 SLR
Pentax 90WR
Leica CL
Sony DMC-V3
Nikon Coolpix 885
Canon QL17 GIII
Yashica GSN
Instamatic 104
Yashicamat 124G
 
Ok in order of usage probably not ten

Bessa R2
Fuji Z1
Fuji S3
Nikon F65
Mamiya 645 probably
An old Polaroid if I can find one cheep😀

Then there will be the usage of cheep 70's rfs
 
1. Leica M-2
2. Leica M-5 (arriving soon!)
3. Hasselblad 500CM #1
4. Hasselblad 500CM #2
5. Hasselblad 500ELM #1
6. Hasselblad 500ELM #2
7. Exakta 66 MK3
8. Pentacon-Six
9. Minolta SR-M
10. Minolta SRT-100
 
My top 10 list, in probable order:

Canon G9 - can't put it down since I got it about 2 weeks ago
Epson R-D1s - The poor man's digital RF
LHSA MP3 - built like the proverbial tank, and with small lenses almost pocketable
Fuji GA645zi - World's best "point-n-shoot" medium format camera
Leica M4 - my vote for the best non-metered Leica ever built
Mamiya 7ii - landscapes
Nikon D200 - Great utility digital slr
Nikon FM3a - They sure don't build them like this anymore
Noblex 150UX - Now that's panoramic!
Leica M5 - If you don't own one, you should

/T
 
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