My perfect camera would be...

A thread worth reviving (I reckon)

A thread worth reviving (I reckon)

The Rolleifex TLR. Any Rolleiflex, if it's working properly and (ideally but not necessarily) has a 'T' coated lens for better color rendition.

As a second choice, a Rolleicord, with the same conditions as above.

Pros: Mechanical perfection, simplicity of use, portability, relatively few but mostly sensible accessories, , superb optics,, limited number of images (12, 16 or 24) per roll of film, which limits or eliminates outright the deplorable digital machine-gun attitude to photography.

Cons: None I can think of, really. Oh - the cost of 120 roll film in Australia. Anyone suggesting "Rolleis produce static photographs" need to seriously rethink their approach and attitude to image-making.

Anyone who can't make good images with a Rollei TLR should seriously consider giving up photography.

Yes, an old thread, but in this 'silly season' time of year when it seems a tradition that very little gets posted to titillate the mind, well worth reviving.
 
It just returned to me with a new sensor. My silver Leica M Monochrom (version 1).

Very Happy New Year.

Best,
-Tim
 
I can't imagine a perfect camera.

I have cameras in several different types, shapes, sizes, and capabilities. All are perfect for some of the things I do. No one camera could be all of them.

G
 
it's like no one read the OP :D:D:D

My perfect camera is the M5.

For an imaginary camera I would love a Mamiya 7 with better build quality, collapsing lens mount like the mamiya 6 and an 80mm F2.8 lens
 
Ideal would be a manual digital RF where you upgraded the parts, not the camera each time, naturally though from a business sense it would cause bankruptcy in months so I doubt it would happen.
 
Well as long as we're dreaming, why not a Hasselblad-type SLR in 127 format with interchangeable lenses and backs? I'd have a ton of fun with a system like that.
 
BLKRCAT said:
it's like no one read the OP :D:D:D

My perfect camera is the M5.

For an imaginary camera I would love a Mamiya 7 with better build quality, collapsing lens mount like the mamiya 6 and an 80mm F2.8 lens
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I guess I didn't follow it first time. I'll follow you.

My imaginary camera is M with 21 to 35 frame lines, Bessa R4A cost, M7 shutter and every five years CLA and parts guaranteed for next fifty+ years.
At Kiev-2 CLA price in Kiev!.
 
My favorite cameras are TLRs: Minolta Autocords and the Mamiya C330f (though I have others, as well, including Rolleis). I like that they are well built and neither one bends film over a roller before it passes over the filmgate. Minolta solved this by drawing the film from the top, over the filmgate, THEN over the roller. Mamiya solved it with a straight film path from roll to take-up spool.

I suppose it would be nice to get either of these cameras with Zeiss, Schneider, or German Voigtländer lenses. I would point out, however, that the Tessar-type Rokkor in the Autocord is already a pretty darn good lens and I have always been happy with the output from my Mamiyas.

- Murray
 
My perfect camera is already there , a Nikon F6 , maybe a few more focussing points would be nice , but not really . I have a F5 which is my most used camera ever , but it's a bit on the big size . More importantly I want a perfect lens and perfect film ( Kodachrome comes to mind ) . C i a o !
 
Referring to the OP, I don't feel the need to improve the X100's AF or reduce its size. It pretty much is the perfect camera of its type--for what it is. It would be nice to have an X100W (Wide) with maybe a 25mm or 28mm lens equivalent.

I think the Leica M6, M7, and MP would be perfect cameras of their type if the framelines were not undersized at distances longer than 0.7M. That especially goes for the 50mm frameline. And I'd like to have an M9 with a magnification lower than the present .68. Why is there not a .58 M9 (or M240, etc.)? That would make it the perfect Leica of its type, for us wide-angle guys.

An XPAN with a frame width of 54mm (not the existing 65mm) to match the gate dimensions of the Hasselblad PCP80 projector, and, of course, a viewfinder to match. The aspect ratio would be 2.25:1. Not as wide as the XPAN, but it would be already wider than 70mm Panavision (2.21:1). That's wide enough. And a 38mm Biogon would be the ideal lens to have on it (for me). The Goldilocks focal length for it, and faster than the XPAN 30mm with no need for a center filter.

Or a stretch model Nikon FE2 with 54mm gate width--the SLR XPAN! (XLRPAN?) Lens to suit. The 28mm PC will cover that field, but I'd like a 35mm or 38mm for it. And a digital version of same. Perfect cameras of their types.
 
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