Let's play a game: Which car is your camera?

[Viktor Sebastian]

Which camera is this?

Canon 5D mark II

 

[finguanzo]

No , No....
'85 sport quattro, all mechanical, as relevant today as back then, just as fast without all the assisted driving stuff, imposible to break,....
Kinda feels like my Leica M6, sort of...

I am an 80's Audi fan, so....

 

[KoNickon]

Ricoh 500 (the older one with trigger wind) -- older Subaru.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

My main camera or cameras now are a pair of Toyota Corollas. Excellent Japanese reliability. No frills, just amazing utilitarianism.
One of the Corollas is a 1973 lift-back, 5 speed (Nikon S2.) The other Corolla is a 1980 with air conditioning as extra (Nikon SP.) The newer one I use far more often.

Then there is the old 1969 Mercedes diesel that is extremely reliable but a bit quirky in use (Leica M4.)

I also have a 1950s Willys Wagon that is big, heavy, slow but can do what the others do and far more. It's just a pain in the butt to run (Speed Graphic.)

I have too many cars, but each has its use and I do use them all.

Phil Forrest

 

[f16sunshine]

My Leica M5 is easily a BMW e28 M5. A bit boxy but built like a brick sh!tter and all business under the hood. Oh yeah... and they have the same name and country of origin

 

[finguanzo]

My Leica M5 is easily a BMW e28 M5. A bit boxy but built like a brick sh!tter and all business under the hood. Oh yeah... and they have the same name and country of origin

This one is great.. Agree with the comparison..

 

[froyd]

Which car is analogous to your camera?

My Leica M3 is a Mercedes Gull Wing

What's yours?

Whaat? way too fancy a car for a spartan M3! A British 2-seater seems more appropriate. At least that's how I see my M4: a Triumph or an MGA.

Now, the Rolleiflex...that's my Benz.

 

[boomguy57]

I think you did fantastic. Although I lean towards an old Honda Accord for utilitarian and efficient and outdated, but that is also due to a history with that car, but like kshapero says that ZI is a bit more classy than either of those offerings.

Thanks, I really know nothing about cars

 

[micromontenegro]

Here you go: my Leica M8, my Contax IIIa and my Rollei 35. The "whys" should be obvious.

 

[nemo2]

Honda CH 125 Spacy (not exactly a car - Minolta Hi-Matic F

 

[kshapero]

My Leica M5 is easily a BMW e28 M5. A bit boxy but built like a brick sh!tter and all business under the hood. Oh yeah... and they have the same name and country of origin

Sweet Andy

 

[Vostok]

My Fed-2 would be a Moskvitch 407.

Cheap, 50's style and gets things done.

I thought of 1950's ZAZ cars, from Ukraine. But they were neither reliable nor well built

 

[Ronald_H]

Hmmm, my Nikon FM can be a Mazda MX-5. Basic, tough, reliable, lightweight and a joy to use.

 

[splitimageview]

What about my 1940 IIIc?

 

[nemo2]

What about my 1940 IIIc?

PzKpfw III Ausf. C

 

[Phil_F_NM]

PzKpfw III Ausf. C

Both the camera and and the panzer probably have similar rangefinders!

Phil Forrest

 

[unixrevolution]

My Super Graphic is probably a 1959 Dodge Power Wagon. Big, Heavy, indestructable, reliable, well-built, and versatile.

My Leica M2 is like a Mercedes 190SL. Not as flash as the Gullwing but more people rely on them.

Pentax LX: Probably a Honda NSX. The supercar you can live with everyday. A super-high-performance machine that you could use anywhere.

Canon AF35ML: Honda Accord. Not particularly interesting, but so good at what it does you have to respect it.

 

[KoNickon]

I have a feeling I'll keep adding to this thread as things occur to me: Nikon F2 = Datsun 240Z

 

[OwenStegemann]

Olympus OM system = Mazda Rotary series.

 

[sreed2006]

Rolleiflex 2.8C is either a 1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (bold and beautiful, with two doors or two lenses) or a Saab (not being made anymore).