red snapper
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Any opinions?
Best camera ever made and why?
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Paul Luscher
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Yeah. The cameras I got. Because I'm using them. 🙂
umcelinho
Marcelo
Sony Cybershot T50.
Superb camera.
Superb camera.
Roger Hicks
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Gandolfi Precision 5x7 on whole-plate chassis.
Extremely versatile and very beautiful.
(Unless you want to hand hold, use roll film, shoot quickly.... That's why there is no meaningful answer to an overall 'best')
Cheers,
R.
Extremely versatile and very beautiful.
(Unless you want to hand hold, use roll film, shoot quickly.... That's why there is no meaningful answer to an overall 'best')
Cheers,
R.
red snapper
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If you were stuck on a desert island with no electricity...............
bigeye
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thegman
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I have a lot of time for the GF670. Portable MF, with modern amenities like a meter. Not really any less portable than a 35mm SLR, but 6x7 negatives. The price in the USA I think is a bargain, about a quarter of a Leica MP without lens? Not too shabby.
jsrockit
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I think you can only ask people their favorite since there is no one best camera.
red snapper
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Fair point, should have worded it differently. Been stuck in all week scanning some of my old black and white negs for a client. Think I'm losing my mind not to mention some serious posture issues.
Gary Sandhu
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My favorite right now is my Nikon F6 because I'm on my last roll of Velvia and I'm not sure if I'm buying any more and the Leica MP didn't get to have it.
cary
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Sinar P, 4x5 view camera, Swiss precision at it's finest.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
The camera obscura.
btgc
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Most beautiful woman ever? And why?
NickTrop
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Desert Island? No electricity? No fair - bias! You're limiting the discussion to all manual cameras, none of which is the "best camera".
Here is the best camera ever. The Yashica Electro GSN (that meters to 1000)
1. High quality images
2. Plentiful
3. Among the highest value propositions of any camera ever made - used/new
4. Quiet
5. Aperture priority mode.
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Entry level APS-C Nikon DSLR because it has the wonderful and inexpensive 35 f1.8. Small(ish), great IQ, reasonably priced but it mostly has to do with the excellent affordable prime.
Here is the best camera ever. The Yashica Electro GSN (that meters to 1000)
1. High quality images
2. Plentiful
3. Among the highest value propositions of any camera ever made - used/new
4. Quiet
5. Aperture priority mode.
Digital
Entry level APS-C Nikon DSLR because it has the wonderful and inexpensive 35 f1.8. Small(ish), great IQ, reasonably priced but it mostly has to do with the excellent affordable prime.
totifoto
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Never used one but I would think the Brownie cause it brought photography to the public.
Teuthida
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Leica M5, best manual 35mm.
Nikon F5, best automated 35mm.
Mamiya 7, best 6x7 MF camera.
Sinar X, best Studio/view camera.
Nikon F5, best automated 35mm.
Mamiya 7, best 6x7 MF camera.
Sinar X, best Studio/view camera.
Corto
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The Pinhole that My grandfather built for/with me.
Grandma's Isolette II
Grandma's Isolette II
n5jrn
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What he said.
anjoca76
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A screw mount Leica. Obviously there is no "best" camera ever, but if I had to pick one, that'd be my choice. I lave many cameras, and I am especially fond of my M2, but every time I pick it up my iiic I am in love. My M2 is near mint, and my iiic is a battered user, but the iiic will always win out in my book.
zuiko85
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Agree that there is no 'best' camera.
My favorite throughout the years is an Olympus Pen, the original all manual exposure control, scale focus, viewfinder model. Why? Because it is always with me and I've had one since 1972.
My favorite throughout the years is an Olympus Pen, the original all manual exposure control, scale focus, viewfinder model. Why? Because it is always with me and I've had one since 1972.
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