Poll: Favorite camera brand

[traveller]

Difficult question, there are so many RF's I haven't used yet. So my vote goes to the Voigtländer, my first RF

 

[kmack]

Graflex:
The Speed Graphic Pacemaker/Centruy/Annie are the best general purpose photographic tools ever made.

 

[hth]

Konica, but as usual it gets neglected..

One alternative should have been "Other".

/Håkan

 

[oftheherd]

If I'm from Tom Delay's district, how many times can I vote?

LOL, that's cute.

There used to be a Washington, DC politician who tongue-in-cheek used to say that when he died, he wanted to be buried in Chicago; so he could stay active in Democratic politics. 😀

My vote had to be Mamiya for my Super Press 23. That doesn't mean anything wrong with the Canonet, Olympus or Konica though.

Actually, my first movie camera and then SLR having been a Yashica, then owning a Contax 139Q and FX 103, I have always been partial to the Yashica brand, and to Fujica for their M42 mount cameras. I think both brands build quality was much under-rated.

 

[PeterL]

Having used Olympus OM for about 16 years now, a Minolta TC-1 for 5-6 (I forget) and a Zorki for less than 2 months, my vote goes to Olympus.

 

[einolu]

Without Voigtlander I would have never had the pleasure of using a modern viewfinder.

 

[Richard Black]

Where' s Minolta? I can think of at least two that are quite popular, 7ii and the CL/CLE. Oh well my vote for Voigtlander!

 

[Doug]

Too bad my favorites (Minolta, Bronica) are among the missing, but there are a LOT missing. As I suppose is inevitable. I assume, though it's not stated explicitly, that we're only considering the *rangefinder* models produced under those brand names...

 

[Andy K]

Looked at my camera cabinet...
5x Olympus,
3x Kodak,
2x Canon,
2x Zenit,
2x Voigtlander,
2x Polaroid,
1x Praktica,
1x Zorki,
1x Agfa,
1x Lomo...

so my vote went to Olympus.

 

[peterc]

Just the RFs
Lots of Polaroids
2 Kievs
2 Zorkis
1 Bessa
1 Bosley
I guess I'll have to vote Voigtlander, however the Kievs are getting a lot of use as the Bessa is out for RF calibration.

Peter

 

[FrankS]

Peter, I notice a glaring absence of a Fed camera in your list! My black Fed would come with a bonus gift for you!

 

[Socke]

Just the RFs

1 Bosley

Peter

Bosley? Isn't that the guy working with the angels and relaying Charlys messages?

 

[peterc]

My black Fed would come with a bonus gift for you!

That lovely Fed of yours keeps calling "buy me". I fear it'll wear me down soon.

Peter

 

[peterc]

Bosley? Isn't that the guy working with the angels and relaying Charlys messages?

I thought it was an interesting role for a not-so-great camera.

Peter

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

No Rollei? No Franka? No Waltz? No Honeywell? No Graflex? No Argus? No Smena? No Ricoh? No Bronica? No Ensign Commando? No Kodak? No Nicca? No Agfa? No Lomo? No Universal Translator? Tricorder?

Somebody had to be left out when there's only 10 choices... Tough calls, Rich.

 

[pvdhaar]

I'm not gonna vote if I can't select Konica..

 

[Bertram2]

My favourite ? Hmm, how much can the vote of somebody count who has not worked with all on this list , at least for a while ?? I haven't 😱 So I'd better shut up here. 😉 Or is this a kinda dreamcar poll ?
Bertram

 

[kshapero]

Voigtlander

 

[Todd.Hanz]

I think it's kind of self defeating to try to have this independent outlook as an artist, and then have an infatuation that may border on love with a specific corporation. I get the distinct feeling it may lead to somewhere very bad, cliché, and corporate, with materialistic overtones. Maybe some people who're posting excitingly how they just got a Leica know what I'm talking about.

Let's admit it. They're the bastards we hate that make the gear we like. Ok, you might not hate them, but I do, the entire list, even L-E-I-C-A. Shovel in, Shovel out, make more, make more, make more, what makes them so different from GE, DuPont, or Exxon Mobile for that matter?

If you look at it, printmaking goes back about 700 years and 550 of them didn't have any photosensitive materials. We just gotten us hooked on this very specific form of it, that may or may not be the best. Photography just happens to take cameras, lenses, film, papers, enlargers, computers, printers, etc. etc. etc., that are the newest things on the block.

Maybe it would be better if we had to engrave the damn things and it would take so much energy and time that it wouldn't be a rich mans game to show off this or that lens at thier club meetings. Nobody ever asked Rembrandt what kind of press he used for "The Agony in the Garden".

Think what you like. I just think this is the kind of rotten bourgeoisie thing that's been killing the art for a long time with it's own set of pretensions. I hardly post here because it's ridden with it. Not that I'm a vile misanthrope. Crappy materialism bothers me, not people.

I like to dance to ska music in my spare time.

THE END.

chill man, you don't have to shoot a leica...you can shoot a Dupont, Exxon Mobile or GE if you like. 🙂

Todd: The Crappy Materialist

 

[ch1]

Rich,

With all due respect - didn't we just do a similar poll where we picked our favorite camera?

You had all those categories and an Excel spreadsheet etc.

Anyway, being as how I am a Nikonian guess what I voted for? 😀