Comfort Cameras

[dee]

Just a teasing follow up from Pretty Cameras [ should it be Pretty Awful Cameras ? ]

With the shadow of ASD , Kievs surround and ground me , just seeing a Kiev near helps with the chaos .

On a lighter note - which is your Comfort Camera ?

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Leica IIIf is my comfort camera. Makes me feel all warm and contented to have one hanging off my shoulder. 🙂

 

[bsdunek]

My Yashica GSN. I use my Nikons for serious 35mm work and my Mamiya Press for Medium Format. When I'm just with family or not doing anything serious, I like my Yashica. It's always in my car with me, or when I go for a walk. A real comfort that I have a camera on my shoulder.

 

[benmacphoto]

Out of all my Leicas the M3 is my comfort camera. I just have a great feeling when its in my hand.

 

[marke]

I guess I would have to call my MP my "comfort camera". But my M3 comes in at a close second. My Canon DSLRs are used more for paid jobs, unless I'm asked specifically to work in film. But yes, it's a Leica that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. 😛

 

[Michael P.]

My Yashica-Mat I've had since high school. I keep it on my desk.

 

[hamradio]

My minolta SRT202.

 

[Al Kaplan]

My 1959 Minolta Autocord. Half the vulcanite is chipped off, the black paint is mostly gone, but the lens looks like new and I got the wind and the shutter working again. I'm glad that I got it a couple years back for about $5 and I wish that I'd gotten it working sooner. It made me start digging through my files for the forty to fifty year old negatives from my last Autocord.

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[urban_alchemist]

The MP. Each shot just seems to be divinely inspired...

 

[Livesteamer]

My 1970 Nikon F with Photomic FT finder(Still Working!). I don't use it much since I switched to Leicas in 1990 but it has done so many good rolls for me. It's the one camera I hope my daughter will keep when I'm gone. Joe

 

[Don Parsons]

A Pentax MX. I had one all through college and when I worked at a newspaper. It was stolen from my desk at a former job. I missed it so much I bought another one last year. I shoot mostly digital now but that's the one that brings back the emotions.

 

[eli griggs]

It's a toss-up between my F1N and Leica IIIc, I really like the feel of these cameras in hand and use, for different reasons. Now-a-days, I carry the Leica more often because of the weight and feel of the lenses but the camera I've carried most often has been a F1 of one sort or another, for the better part of thirty years so, in some ways, it's more of a companion than a tool.

 

[Keith]

My 1930 Leic 1a ... it has something special which is probaly to do with it's connections to the origins of 35mm photography. I very seldom put a roll of film through it, in fact last time I did it broke but Youxin was able to fix it!

It must be due for another outing. 🙂

 

[Silva Lining]

My Leica M3 with Summicron DR and goggles, Leicameter and Luigi strap, case and TriX.... the perfect mix of Leather, Silver, Brass and Glass!

 

[John Robertson]

Foca Standard + 28mm Oplar and 35mm Oplex

 

[MatthewThompson]

Hassy 500CM with an 80T* and WLF. Euphoria.

 

[bmattock]

Canon FX. A gift from my father, and my first 'real' camera.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Nikon F2A with working meter and the micro-nikkor 55/2.8 attached. If I just want to go for a walk up in the hills away from the 'city life', I almost always take this combination with me. Its basic comfort... like a favorite pair of re-soled old shoes.

 

[smiling gecko]

...mamiya 6

...mamiya 6

...mamiya 6.

the colossal, bright viewfinder and (almost🙄) postage-stamp size rangefinder patch make it a joy to use.

 

[ruby.monkey]

My comfort camera? Whichever one happens to be at hand at the time. 🙂