Cult cameras - what is on the list?

Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim - VUWS

A little piece of plastic with a 21mm lens. Bought one at Goodwill for $2, sold it on Ebay for $35 plus $15 shipping to France.
 
The only real cult camera here in the UK is the surveillance camera, hundreds of thousands of them replete with their totem-polls, hidden away in little shrines or carried around as talisman by their devotees

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Oh and the Polaroid SX-70
 
CameraQuest said:
the Hexar RF a cult camera?
Only to Konica diehards.

Compared to in production M cameras, the Hexar RF is a complicated hard to repair automated film advance M camera with a relatively dim viewfinder and no parts availability outside Japan - if its still being repaired there by Konica. To top it off, some had non Leica lens spec registrations problems - like mine until it was repaired and adjusted by the Konica factory while Konica was still a camera company.

Stephen
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In the original post (that you quoted) I said Konica AF, not RF and you yourself call AF a "cult" camera on your website:

http://www.cameraquest.com/konhex.htm

But since you bring it up - RF could also qualify. Most of th points that you bring up kinda make it one. There are many "cult" cameras that are hard to repair. Thee many "cult" cameras that are no longer made/company is out of business - so what ? I have never heard of Hexar's film advance failing. To me it actually a feature, along with a fast shutter of 1/4000 that no oter film RF offers AFAIK - makes it pretty unique and maybe "cult" camera.
I dont think it's Viewfinder is dim either. It is actually much better that the one I had in M6 I used to own that had the well known problem with RF patch flare - fix thatcot me as much as one of my Hexars.

So, - sorry Stephen, but I have to disagree with ya.

I'm actually surprised at your comments, as on your own website you seem to praise Hexar RF quite a bit, just look at your own list of Hexar RF 1st's :

http://www.cameraquest.com/konicam.htm

I think that list makes it good enough to be a "cult" camera.
 
To my way of thinking the OM1 and Lomo have Cult status..
Leica M RF and the Nikon F are "Iconic"
Although some of the Leica M lenses are more "Elitist"..

Cult status doesn't necessitate it has to be great.. just gain some underground popularity or become trendy
 
While the cult cameras are the one for whom we dreaming and lusting, I would stay with my Minolta srt 101 as my first cult and Minolta 7sII as my second.

... next I'm waiting for some medium format to accompany the Minolta's :)
 
I don't think I remember anyone naming the Nikon SP rangefinder (probably black) or maybe any of the Nikon Rangefinders. Nikon F, FE2. Possibly Zeiss Ikonta B 6X6 folder. Leica Ms for sure. - Jim
 
CameraQuest said:
the Hexar RF a cult camera?
Only to Konica diehards.

Compared to in production M cameras, the Hexar RF is a complicated hard to repair automated film advance M camera with a relatively dim viewfinder and no parts availability outside Japan - if its still being repaired there by Konica. To top it off, some had non Leica lens spec registrations problems - like mine until it was repaired and adjusted by the Konica factory while Konica was still a camera company.

Stephen
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Stephen,

Krosya wrote Hexar AF, not RF.

Which makes him right, as are you!
 
Hasselblad, Rolleiflex, M3, SX-70, F. afaik most cult is created when camera was used by someone/played in famous film.
 
Fujitsu said:
Great, now is there any camera not on the list yet? I think the thread can be closed now...
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Well, I didn't see the Brownie Starflash, which was my first camera of my very own. :) There's kind of a "cult" revolving around the 1950s (and earlier) "box" and simple P&S cameras. Last B&H big book actually had both B&W and color 127 film, so somebody is obviously using it.

On "another network" a while back I saw some Starflash shots done on 35mm film, with the sprocket holes visible, and the images extending into the sprocket areas.
 
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