lynnb
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Any camera with a metal eyepiece surround that scratches spectacles. I'm looking at you, Fed-3.
The Stuff You Didn't Like
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ruby.monkey
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Nikon F4. A superb camera, but I could never get comfortable with the size of the grip - I'd get cramp carrying it in my hand for more than ten minutes.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Me too Lynn .... great camera with very poor ergonomics and as you say a so so rangefinder. I had two and I gave them both away.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Nikon SP. No eyesight correction (diopter) available. Not usable for me.
Erik.
Erik.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Asahi Pentax SL. The negative mask has rounded corners. Your pictures will get rounded corners. Horrible.
Erik.
Erik.
jsrockit
Moderator
Nikon DSLRs other than the Df. I just can't get into them.
FrankS
Registered User
Lots of shared feelings with almost everyone's observations!
(Love the Nikon F4 though.)
Half frame: why bother? Neg is too small and the cameras offer little to no advantage in size.
(Love the Nikon F4 though.)
Half frame: why bother? Neg is too small and the cameras offer little to no advantage in size.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Yes, classic Minox 8x11 - this is where the real difference in size of the camera and frame is 🙂
Minox 35 - amazing size and lens. But I never knew then it was going to stop working at the middle of the roll next time. After numerous repairs I put them on recycle.
Bessa R for ears placement (vertical disbalance) and exterior materials (not durable).
Perhaps, I shouldn't sell it. After one year of use it was matching my slightly hoboish style.
Canon 17-40 F4L - huge distortions and smeared corners at the wide end.
I was using it as 35mm most of the time due to this.
Minox 35 - amazing size and lens. But I never knew then it was going to stop working at the middle of the roll next time. After numerous repairs I put them on recycle.
Bessa R for ears placement (vertical disbalance) and exterior materials (not durable).
Perhaps, I shouldn't sell it. After one year of use it was matching my slightly hoboish style.
Canon 17-40 F4L - huge distortions and smeared corners at the wide end.
I was using it as 35mm most of the time due to this.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
There's lots of stuff I didn't like the moment I saw it and had no interest in even trying. There's lots of stuff I wanted but didn't like ... bought it, tried it, sold it. Enumerating all of it likely does little but raise protests from people who happen to love it—a generic response: "I didn't say it was bad, just that I didn't like it."
But a couple I can say:
I disliked all the film Nikons with AF that followed the FM/FE series and the F3 except for the F6. The Nikon DSLRs turned me off too until the D300, then selected models like the D750 appeal to me. The Df does nothing for me, however.
I tried an Epson R-D1. Sent it back in four days; not my cup of tea. Same for Fuji X10, X100, and X Pro-1.
An Olympus C8080WZ was a massive camera with a 5/8" sensor. It took beautiful photos, but was impenetrably stupid to operate. The viewfinder was awful, manual focusing was near impossible, and, switched to capture raw or TIFF, writing files after an exposure was like waiting for the glaciers to retreat. The menu system was hopeless. Sold it quickly.
Most Canon cameras impress me as bland, serviceable lumps with nothing exceptional about them at all. I just can't get excited about a single one of them. Had three of their DSLRs .. utterly forgettable.
etc.
So, does writing that give anyone any useful information? 😎
G
But a couple I can say:
I disliked all the film Nikons with AF that followed the FM/FE series and the F3 except for the F6. The Nikon DSLRs turned me off too until the D300, then selected models like the D750 appeal to me. The Df does nothing for me, however.
I tried an Epson R-D1. Sent it back in four days; not my cup of tea. Same for Fuji X10, X100, and X Pro-1.
An Olympus C8080WZ was a massive camera with a 5/8" sensor. It took beautiful photos, but was impenetrably stupid to operate. The viewfinder was awful, manual focusing was near impossible, and, switched to capture raw or TIFF, writing files after an exposure was like waiting for the glaciers to retreat. The menu system was hopeless. Sold it quickly.
Most Canon cameras impress me as bland, serviceable lumps with nothing exceptional about them at all. I just can't get excited about a single one of them. Had three of their DSLRs .. utterly forgettable.
etc.
So, does writing that give anyone any useful information? 😎
G
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Nikons with a +/- exposure display. This includes the F3 and the FA, both of which are excellent cameras in all other ways! Exposure is a continuous proportional analog phenomenon, not go/no go. I love the meter display in my FE2, FM3a, and the Nikkormat FTn I used to have.
The Nikon F100. A great camera except that if one of those custom settings somehow were to get accidentally changed, you would never know until too late.
Leica R4, R5, and R6. They just didn't feel right in my hand. The front and back are not parallel, so the camera feels like a watermelon seed that wants to slip away. And only the R6 had an exposure display like I like. The shape of any Nikon does feel right.
It took a while to accept the Mamiya 7II with its sensitive shutter release and hard to see exposure display. But I'm OK with it now! Great clear viewfinder and rangefinder!
Love/hate: Leica M8.2 with its need for special filters.
Cameras that feel like they were made for me: All Leica film rangefinders; Some Nikon film SLRs; D700; XPAN; Hasselblad SWC; Hasselblad 500C/M.
The Nikon F100. A great camera except that if one of those custom settings somehow were to get accidentally changed, you would never know until too late.
Leica R4, R5, and R6. They just didn't feel right in my hand. The front and back are not parallel, so the camera feels like a watermelon seed that wants to slip away. And only the R6 had an exposure display like I like. The shape of any Nikon does feel right.
It took a while to accept the Mamiya 7II with its sensitive shutter release and hard to see exposure display. But I'm OK with it now! Great clear viewfinder and rangefinder!
Love/hate: Leica M8.2 with its need for special filters.
Cameras that feel like they were made for me: All Leica film rangefinders; Some Nikon film SLRs; D700; XPAN; Hasselblad SWC; Hasselblad 500C/M.
photomoof
Fred Krughoff
Cameras I thought I was going to actually use...
Digital -- Olympus E-10 (followed by a bunch of Nikon DSLRs I forget and hated, and a minor flirtation with Minolta and Panasonic) and finally a Canon EOS 6D I use now.
Film -- currently Canon EOS 7ne and of course my trusty Nikon S2.
I know -- who the hell owns a Canon 7ne and admits it? Right?
https://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/frary/canon_elan7ne.htm
Contarex bullseye -- felt silly even holding it, but good for a laugh.
Canon F1 -- weight training for photographers.
Leica M6 -- it just wasn't a Nikon S2, but it was very earnest.
Pentax 6x7 -- finally a camera more clunky than the my Bronica S!
There were many others like, Niccas, Canons RFs, but I never took them seriously -- only used 3 cameras seriously -- Nikon S2's, Nikon F, Nikon F3.Canon F1 -- weight training for photographers.
Leica M6 -- it just wasn't a Nikon S2, but it was very earnest.
Pentax 6x7 -- finally a camera more clunky than the my Bronica S!
Digital -- Olympus E-10 (followed by a bunch of Nikon DSLRs I forget and hated, and a minor flirtation with Minolta and Panasonic) and finally a Canon EOS 6D I use now.
Film -- currently Canon EOS 7ne and of course my trusty Nikon S2.
I know -- who the hell owns a Canon 7ne and admits it? Right?
https://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/frary/canon_elan7ne.htm
ForestCap
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x-ray
Veteran
I had a Leicaflex SL and SL MOT back in the 70's when they were in production. The shape was awkward to hold, the cameras were heavy, the non west hested advance was terrible and meters were in reliable. I also hated the focusing screen. For my eyes they were hard to focus.
In the end I wound up hating my M9. It was too thick and bloated, the most unreliable camera I ever owned, the low magnification RF was bad with longer fast glass, the motor/ shutter were noisy, bad battery life, terrible LCD on the same level as the Nikon D1 I had and the buffer was very small. Other than that it was great.
In the end I wound up hating my M9. It was too thick and bloated, the most unreliable camera I ever owned, the low magnification RF was bad with longer fast glass, the motor/ shutter were noisy, bad battery life, terrible LCD on the same level as the Nikon D1 I had and the buffer was very small. Other than that it was great.
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Ned Bojic
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Kiev 88. Broke three within the first roll I used in each one of them. They all smelled bad, too. The spring sound was laughable. Ptschiiiing!
Nikon black paint RFs are the most beautiful cameras on earth, followed by yashica black rfs and leicas.
Nikon black paint RFs are the most beautiful cameras on earth, followed by yashica black rfs and leicas.
oftheherd
Veteran
When I was still in the US Army, my command decided to standardize on a 35mm outfit for the agent's use in all offices. I was a little miffed when I realized they weren't asking my opinion. I was stunned when I found they were going with the Canon AE1 (I have never cared for Canon, and that one with shutter priority 😱). But as time went by, I unexpectedly found they were amazingly agent-proof. Even better, the agents liked them and took a lot more photos. I just never did like them, and continued to use my Fujica ST901. But who would have thought I could learn to appreciated a Canon of any flavor? 😛
Using my Yashica MAT 124 took some getting used to for the same reason. But I really liked it.
So I was surprised on getting a Rolleiflex to find I just couldn't bond with it. It was heavier and didn't have that built in meter. sigh
I have Welti and Weltini cameras. I find the Weltinis more fiddly and find the Weltis gratifyingly more simple to use.
Anyway, who needs or even likes a rangefinder. Oh, wait, this is RFF? 😀 😀
I have to agree with that. There are a couple of exceptions of those I have used, and a heck of a lot I have to idea about since I have never used them.
konicaman
konicaman
Canon EOS 5d MKII - very capable camera, but the focus would sometimes be hit and miss, the ergonomics were pretty awful - at least for me - and I hated the subdued colours of the jpg output (I am too lazy to shoot RAW when I do reportage). Only lasted about 5 months in my bag.
stompyq
Well-known
I've owned the Hexar AF 6 times in total. Everytime I sell it after a few weeks. Underwhelming lens, bad inaccurate AF and inaccurate frame lines. I just keep getting suckered by threads about it here on RFF
ForestCap
Well-known
The popular Zorki-4/4K.
For the extremely short eye-point of the viewfinder. I can't use its viewfinder when wear glasses, which I must do.
On the other hand the diopter adjustment changes the field of view of the finder way too much, it's like ranging from 40mm-52mm.
For the extremely short eye-point of the viewfinder. I can't use its viewfinder when wear glasses, which I must do.
On the other hand the diopter adjustment changes the field of view of the finder way too much, it's like ranging from 40mm-52mm.
Sid836
Well-known
The Olympus 35RC. I hate it because I like it like hell and yet my fat fingers cannot easily turn that aperture ring.
photomoof
Fred Krughoff
Don't feel bad, I got sucked in by a beautiful complete kit.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...a_Hexar_RF_with_case_and_box_(5676045637).jpg
I just could not make the AF work.
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