Just - one - camera - POLL

Just - one - camera - POLL

  • FILM 35 mm P&S (T3, Minilux, mju, GR1, TC-1, zoom P&S ...)

    Votes: 4 0.7%

  • FILM 35 mm AF (Hexar AF, Contax G2, ...)

    Votes: 6 1.0%

  • FILM compact 35 mm RF (Canonet, Yashica GSN, Olympus XA, etc ...)

    Votes: 13 2.2%

  • FILM 35 mm RF (Leica M, Bessa, Zeiss ZM, Xpan, etc ...)

    Votes: 216 36.8%

  • FILM 35 mm SLR

    Votes: 57 9.7%

  • FILM - MF/AF RF (Mamiya 6, 7, RF645, GA645, Bessa III, ...)

    Votes: 49 8.3%

  • FILM - MF SLR (Hasselbald, Mamiya 645, Pentax 67, ...)

    Votes: 17 2.9%

  • FILM - LF 4x5" or larger

    Votes: 7 1.2%

  • DIGITAL - compact

    Votes: 6 1.0%

  • DIGITAL - mirrorless (m4/3, Leica X1, X100, Ricoh GXR, ...)

    Votes: 30 5.1%

  • DIGITAL - RF (Leica M8, M9, R-D1)

    Votes: 98 16.7%

  • DIGITAL - SLR (all sensor sizes - also larger than FX)

    Votes: 84 14.3%
  • Total voters
    587
  • Poll closed .
I'll keep my M6 for my JUST ONE CAMERA. I love my M4-P but if can have only one I would pick one with a meter even though I usually use a hand held meter. Jim
 
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Well, it's one of those things: if I can have only one camera (but can have lots of lenses) I'd have to go with the most versatile. Picking only from cameras I already own, that would have to be my Canon 5D (original). The cameras given up which would cause the most pain would be my OM-4T, my Hexar RFs and my M3 - though maybe not in that order. Fortunately I don't have to do any of that :D Right now I'm playing with my new (to me) Rolleicord. My first roll through it is drying. Not my choice of "one and only" camera - but I already love it.

...Mike
 
If it came down to just one camera and lens, it would be an M2 and a 50 for me, probably a Canon 50/1.8 as a brilliant all- rounder.
 
The poll is "one camera" not "one camera & one lens", so I choose an RF with interchangeable lens.
In my case, it´s a Contax II with three lenses: J12, J11 and a J3 or a CZJ Tessar 2.8.
Another choice would be a 35 SLR with 24; 50 and 200 mm plus a 2x telecenverter.
BTW, I wouoldn´t choose any battery dependant camera.
Cheers
Ernesto
 
D700, no question. It normally sits at home while I use my film cameras (135 RF & SLR, 120 SLRs) or smaller digitals (4/3, m4/3, P&S, IR-P&S) but it's the one camera that can handle absolutely anything that I want to do. The rest are just what I prefer to use.
 
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D700, no question. It normally sits at home while I use my film cameras (135 RF & SLR, 120 SLRs) or smaller digitals (4/3, m4/3, P&S, IR-P&S) but it's the one camera that can handle absolutely anything that I want to do. The rest are just what I prefer to use.
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I was thinking the same thing when I considered nominating my D700 ... then chose my OM-1 for some reason! :p
 
I wish I could
I wish I might
Have one camera
To use tonight

That is a pretty silly question, as half my cameras cost less than a lens for the other half. However, for 30 years my go to camera was the Pentax MX kit, and it is still my most complete kit with 24mm through 400mm lenses. But I guess, if someone stuck a gun to my head and said I had to get rid of all but one camera, I would keep the Olympus C5050 Zoom Digital P&S, as that has been my grab and go camera since I bought it. However, I lately have also been using an old 6x6 folder for a stick it in my pocket camera. Some times I carry both, the Oly for color, and the folder for B&W.

See, I can not even answer the question with just one camera.
 
for now, i only have one crippled XA.. but i love it so much.. i guess for now that's all i need, until i can afford another sub $100 compact RF with fixed lens and fast glass..
 
Beeing only a hobby photographer, I would get any interchangeable 35mm RF (I own the Hexar RF). If I could afford it today, I may have selected a M9. But this is outside my budget.
 
Nikon F2 is my current (and basically only) choice these days.

If I had the money, I'd buy a M6 TTL with a Summicron 50 and live happily ever after.
 
that specifically referred to digital cameras as i recall (pretty sure the original poster clarified that). not being interested in digital, that excluded me for sure!

this one, however...... i must anguish over the leica vs f5 vs pentax 67II before voting......

Gabriel M.A. said:
I have a new idea for a (new?) poll:

Is this Deja Vu all over again?, and if so, how long ago?
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I went with digital slr because it's cheaper after the body and lens purchases, and a slr is is more flexible in the type of photography.

If we had a second choice it would be a film slr. Probably my OM-1.
 
Just picked up an M8.2 and am in that initial stage of infatuation. I LOVE shooting with this camera. The infatuation will eventually wear off, but for now, if only one camera, it would be this M8.2.

But I do still treasure my iiif, M6 and Canon F1n.

Have a Nikon D700, and although I agree that it can do pretty much anything, it doesn't inspire me. Same with my old F4s and FM2n. Great workhorses, but don't light a fire in the belly.

Best,
-Tim
 
My battered Pentax LX.
Go anywhere, do anything. With my set of 28, 50, 100 and 135, I am covered for everything.
It's the best long exposure camera I can think off, it's rugged enough to be hanging at my side whatever the weather and I like the rendering of the smc lenses.
I wonder why I am stll checking ebay...
 
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