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wlewisiii
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I know we did this question once upon a time, but we have a bunch more members now, so maybe we can get some fun answers. This is just my attempt to lighten things up a bit around here. Don't take the world serious... 😀
Let's say you win this weekend's $365,000,000 USD Powerball lottery jackpot 😱 and now, with all that coin, you can afford to commission your dream camera from any maker in the world (and you probably could with that much in hand 😀 ). Describe what you would like to get under such circumstances... And hey, don't worry. With that much coin you can also special order a lifetime supply of film and chemicals... 😀 😀 😀
I'll go ahead and lead off. I'd like a 6x6 interchangeable lens folder. Modern materials for body and bellows, TTL metering - with spot metering & flash capability, Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority AE, but as much mechanical as possible - if the battery is gone, I'd want it to still be usable. I'd personally prefer Zeiss lenses, but, hey, I'd be happy with any modern producer's glass - just that there would need to be a 75/2.8 Tessar T* as the basic lens for the system... otherwise how about 45, 55, 80, 135 & 210 (as fast as can be made 😉 ) as a nice range of lenses. A leaf shutter system would be nice if a reliable one can be made for at least 1/1000th, otherwise a good very high speed (1/8000th ala Canon EOS) focal plane shutter would be quite acceptable. As for batteries - take a lesson from Canon's T-90 and make them nice bog standard AA alkalines!
Your turn... 😎
William
Let's say you win this weekend's $365,000,000 USD Powerball lottery jackpot 😱 and now, with all that coin, you can afford to commission your dream camera from any maker in the world (and you probably could with that much in hand 😀 ). Describe what you would like to get under such circumstances... And hey, don't worry. With that much coin you can also special order a lifetime supply of film and chemicals... 😀 😀 😀
I'll go ahead and lead off. I'd like a 6x6 interchangeable lens folder. Modern materials for body and bellows, TTL metering - with spot metering & flash capability, Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority AE, but as much mechanical as possible - if the battery is gone, I'd want it to still be usable. I'd personally prefer Zeiss lenses, but, hey, I'd be happy with any modern producer's glass - just that there would need to be a 75/2.8 Tessar T* as the basic lens for the system... otherwise how about 45, 55, 80, 135 & 210 (as fast as can be made 😉 ) as a nice range of lenses. A leaf shutter system would be nice if a reliable one can be made for at least 1/1000th, otherwise a good very high speed (1/8000th ala Canon EOS) focal plane shutter would be quite acceptable. As for batteries - take a lesson from Canon's T-90 and make them nice bog standard AA alkalines!
Your turn... 😎
William
