Favorite Underappreciated Under Priced Cameras?

[johnnyrod]

KoNickon is right, the Novar is pretty well up there with a Tessar, and they go for a lot less money.

 

[dotur]

Why, MIkhail?
Excellent 50 mm rigid lens, beautiful body and built like a tank, better chrome plating than any Leica. Small body (not too heavy, not too thin). Easily loadable. Only essential features - durable and extremely reliable. And unbelievably underpriced 🙂

http://mattsclassiccameras.com/rangefinders-compacts/voigtlander-vito-b/

http://www.marriottworld.com/vito_cameras/vitob.htm

 

[MIkhail]

Why, MIkhail?
Excellent 50 mm rigid lens, beautiful body and built like a tank, better chrome plating than any Leica. Small body (not too heavy, not too thin). Easy loadable. Only essential features - durable and extremely reliable. And unbelievably underpriced 🙂

http://mattsclassiccameras.com/rangefinders-compacts/voigtlander-vito-b/

http://www.marriottworld.com/vito_cameras/vitob.htm

Ok, thanks for the clarification.
Scale focus does not do the trick for me... but to each is own 🙂

 

[radi(c)al_cam]

Ok, thanks for the clarification.
Scale focus does not do the trick for me... but to each is own 🙂

Not all Vitos are scale focusing! The Vito family has some members with a (coupled) RF, but they're scarce and not that cheap, usually.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

The Pentax Spotmatic. All of its variants.

Phil Forrest

 

[newspaperguy]

I'm late to the game, but my most un-appreciated, least-respected nominee:

The BESSA L.

Shown here with a 50 and an (old) Voightlander finder, but mine usually lives with the VL 25/4,

With the 25/4 (It's black, too.) this is the perfect street /crowd camera, easy-to-read exposure meter,snap focus
without looking, easy to visualize coverage without a finder (and without raising it up to your face!) and very quiet to shoot.

I'd also add a shout for land use of the Nikonos... that was my bad weather news camera.

 

[Pentode]

Petri 1.9 Color Corrected Super.

Very comfortable RF to use, reliable, good VF and a really, really nice lens.
I don't see these around very often, and when I do they're often in questionnable repair, but I've never seen one for more than $50 and mine was $10 at a flea market, working perfectly.