'best' pocket camera?

[back alley]

Olympus Pen W.

Not 24/7, though. Under the pillow, maybe?

Cheers,

R.

on the night table is close enuf...😉

 

[thegman]

Rollei 35 is excellent.

I've never had a Minox 35GL or the like, but they look they'd be fun to use.

 

[majid]

balancing price and ability to produce excellent images...add pocketability to the mix...
something to carry 24/7...

If you meant shirt pocket, it's pretty much a Ricoh GR (shame about the 28mm focal length, though) the Sony RX100 series, or the Canon G7X.

If you meant jacket pocket, a Fuji X100s in my case. It helps my jacket is a Scottevest, which would probably qualify as a bag and thus belongs in your collection...

 

[FredtheLlama]

Rollei 35 is excellent.

I've never had a Minox 35GL or the like, but they look they'd be fun to use.

I've always wanted to try a Minox 35, but there are so many variations I don't know where to start. Plus I've read about shutter reliability issues too

 

[bucs]

my left hand keeps interfering with the lens...

I hold it with one hand right hand only. If i need to use my left, i hold the sides using my fingertips 🙂

 

[rhl-oregon]

I've always wanted to try a Minox 35, but there are so many variations I don't know where to start. Plus I've read about shutter reliability issues too

I have a GL that developed a shutter problem, and was able to set it right following a UTube tutorial step by step. Not like I have any talent for this, but the common shutter problem can be adjusted by dummies like me with an hour's patience. All exposures in 2 rolls since, including flashsync, have been fine.

Back on topic: GR, digital or film. If film only, though, I prefer my Rollei 35s to my Minox for scale focus. B/c it's also about the Sonnar.

 

[splitimageview]

This one, for film.

 

[Darshan]

XA4 has my favorite FL - 28 mm, fast shooter too..

 

[Bingley]

XA for film
My iPhone for digital 😀

This ^^^^. I'm continually amazed by the image quality of the XA, and it can fit in the pocket of a pair of jeans. I'm also increasingly impressed by what an iPhone can do. Check out the recent book of iPhone photos by David Hume Kennerly.

 

[Lucadomi]

Contax T.
Leica CL if your pockets are a little larger.

 

[lynnb]

XA because it's so easy to fit comfortably into a pocket, because of its shape and clamshell design. I prefer the IQ of the Rollei 35, and also the Rollei's build quality, but the Oly is more convenient to shoot with, with its aperture-priority exposure. Loading the Oly is also quicker and easier.

The Rollei 35 is probably a better long term prospect, being all-mechanical.

 

[Godfrey]

I used to always keep a Minox (C, B, or EC) in my pocket.
Nowadays, I keep an iPhone 4S there for such kinds of picture taking.

G

 

[CVickery]

I have a RX100M3 for a pocket camera...very satisfied

 

[meeker]

iPhone 6 for the (jeans) pocket. It has replaced a canon s90 as my always with you camera. To get better (OK, sometimes just different) images, I reach for my m6, but that is carried in a very small domke bag.

 

[Ben Z]

Recently picked up a minty Lumix ZS40 for $250 and really love it. I rule out anything without an eye level finder including my iPhone for photography, and the ZS40 has a built-in EVF, not some clunky shoe-mounted doohickey. Oh but the kicker is the lens: 24-720mm effective. No that's not a typo. Seven hundred twenty millimeter. With image stabilization. The IQ is remarkably good.

When I shot film my pocket camera was a Leica IIIa with a later coated collapsible 50/3.5 Elmar. I have a Rollei 35 which I would rank second. It's a little bit fat/brick-shaped and bulgey in a pocket.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

XA for film
My iPhone for digital 😀

My favorite combo. I have XA and iPhone, in two different pockets.
XA if it is worth of film. IPhone for FB picture and snapshots.

 

[gilpen123]

Alternating with GR and RX100 II both are great picture makers in any situation, I put them in my man bag though. If I really want to put in my pocket then the Canon S120 is it.

 

[Platinum RF]

iphone or cell phone

 

[easyrider]

Canon S90

Canon S90

For many years, I carried a Rollei35. Bought in 1969, I still own it and occasionally use it. Tried a Contax T3 but never came to grips with it so I sold it. Now my Canon S90 is always in my right-hand pant pocket and gets a lot of use. It has the same chip as the G10 and successors. Incredible quality and it's really small. I have had photos from it published. Best of all, I bought it for $90 from a guy who writes camera reviews.
There are later models in this series -- S100 and I think S110. The main difference is higher video resolution. I don't shoot video so it does not matter to me.
Here is a pic with the S90.

 

[bucs]

This ^^^^. I'm continually amazed by the image quality of the XA, and it can fit in the pocket of a pair of jeans. I'm also increasingly impressed by what an iPhone can do. Check out the recent book of iPhone photos by David Hume Kennerly.

Yes the XA has been a a life saver for me especially on trips where I have very limited space to carry with me. The XA just does the job!