If your camera was a car, what would it be?

[konicaman]

My FSU cameras remind me of my Lada 1500 back in the 80'ies - total crap, but charming...

 

[mugent]

I use a Sigma DP2m, so a skateboard with a chainsaw engine attached?

 

[konicaman]

 

[tunalegs]

Well the East German Exakta would probably be an East German Wartburg:

Wartburg by berangberang, on Flickr

The Petri 7s might be a Mazda R360:

Mazda R360 by berangberang, on Flickr

The Argus C3 would be a Birney Streetcar:

FCMR by berangberang, on Flickr

 

[msbarnes]

It'd be a bicycle.

 

[Tom A]

My M2's are similar to Land Rover series II/III. However dented and dinged, it keeps working. Nothing extra on it - just what you need.
The M6/MP's would be more like Mrcedes 300GD's - kind of fancy but still sturdy and able to take a beaiting if needed.
Nikon Rf's - no automotive eqivalent - maybe Land Cruiser.
Nikon F - F series 150 Ford Pick Up from the 70's!

 

[Keith]

P67ii Pentax .... 'Hummer!' 😀

 

[Sam Kanga]

My favourite camera is my 1958 M2, it's a 1971 Porsche 911

Sam

 

[kshapero]

 

[peterm1]

Given the loud noise my M8 makes when fired I would say a "cluncker" - which pretty accurately describes its sound!

 

[Pioneer]

Yes, yes, yes!

Finally replaced my SRT 101 from my very early years, now I need to find my Healey 100M. I'm somewhat afraid it will cost a little bit more though.

 

[foggie]

My M5 would be the body of a DeLorean, the wiring of a modern Toyota, and the engine of a Zonda. Unless it's in a dark articially-lit room with TriX it'd be akin to the body of a DeLorean the everything else of one too.

My M2s are both Toyota Land Cruisers 60 series or maybe earlier

 

[f16sunshine]

Your picture of the PZKW IV reminds me of a wonderful quote by a German military historian. Writing about the manner in which Germany threw aside its armour and aerial lead by building fewer, more powerful tanks and aircraft, while the allies produced ever more tanks and planes that were "just good enough", he described Hitler as "the best of all the allied generals". Arthur C Clarke penned a short SciFi story which satirised that viewpoint very amusingly.
😉

I suppose the Panzer represents my M5 well enough 😛

 

[Pablito]

probably my 1993 Volvo 240 sedan.

 

[George Bonanno]

My everyday Petri 2.8 Color Corrected Super would be a Humber Super Snipe.

 

[nikon_sam]

This...it's so Sexy...just like the F5...

 

[charjohncarter]

This reminds me of my Mamiya Super 23:

Solid, never breaks, heavy, same age, and only cool in 1969.

 

[Contarama]

I don't know what kind of camera it would be but I would like to have one... 🙂

 

[ELS]

My D800 would be a Hummer, My a99 a Toyota Tundra, My E-M5 a Prius, My Leica M4 a vintage Mercedes Benz.

🙂 NICE +1

 

[OddE]

My Fujica G690 definitely is a series Land Rover - chassis rather roughly manufactured, quirky to use compared to most other cars, always something which is a little out of whack, while still leaving it eminently usable.

Make it a Series I, come to think of it - parts are becoming hard to find at sensible prices, as well.

Yup. Definitely a Series I Land Rover. It's got its quirks, is moody as ****, outperformed by most of the competition by most objective criteria - but I still wouldn't trade it for anything else, period.

Oh, and there's nothing quite like it, either, except for its siblings, the GL690 and the G690BL - and you can still see lots of its DNA in the current-ish G(S)W690.