mike rosenlof
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I think the Argus C3 brick is the ugliest I've ever used.
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. I think the Kodak Medalist might qualify, but I would like to see and use one. (wikimedia image)
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Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. I think the Kodak Medalist might qualify, but I would like to see and use one. (wikimedia image)
Vincent.G
Well-known
Leica M2 repainted to bright yellow.
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Oh man, there's a Fotron in the local thrift shop. It is truly ugly. I'll see if I can snap a shot of it to share. Funny thing is they are rare. They were sold door-to-door and were really expensive for the time. Kind of like buying a nice Leica M from the guy who rings your doorbell one day. Doesn't happen often, and who's ready to plunk down for a major expense on a whim???
It's incredibly ugly too.
It's incredibly ugly too.
giellaleafapmu
Well-known
giellaleafapmu
Well-known
To me any of the limited edition Leicas (Panda, Antipanda, Gold Plated, Birthday of the Prime Minister of Luxemburg...) of the '90s were horrible. Not because they were really horrible but because I found incredibly sad that one of the best camera ever made needed these things to sell plus usually they had a kind of low taste, show off kind of aesthetic.
GLF
GLF
rwintle
Scientist by day
tjh
Well-known
Is this a Bell and Howell Foton? If so, you might want to buy it if they are asking thrift store prices. In the unlikely event that it is working, it would be worth some serious money.
Tom
nemo2
Established
At least several reviewers in photo magazines (don´t remember names). And I guess most of those who bought the thing.
Fitz0520
Newbie
Just looked the kodak up, they are pretty bad. However I think the "sleek"-ness is what makes the Instax and Polaroid 300 so atrocious.
cosmonaut
Well-known
That Mamiya is pretty ugly. It looks warped. The build a Lomography Konstruktor is pretty ugly too.
http://shop.lomography.com/us/konstruktor
http://shop.lomography.com/us/konstruktor
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
+100,000,000,000
The iPad mini is slightly better in that it doesn't make you look like too much of a dork when using it as a camera.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
With apology to Rob, I think this particular Petri is quite up there in the funny-looking scale:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2157559
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2157559
2WK
Rangefinder User
Does anyone remember that 3D stereo frankenLeica that was on fleabay a while back?! It had like every possible conceivable strange accessory glued onto it. Omg it was nuts.
cosmonaut
Well-known
Yeah the head light kills the looks.
noisycheese
Normal(ish) Human
I can think of many, however they tend to be 'ugly' due to their 'form follows function' design, for example the Mamiya 23, or the deliberately manufactured obscene Russian counterfeit gold Leica's, however in my mind, the ugliest camera today that you can buy new has to be the Hasselblad Lunar:
This thing qualifies as FUGLY in my book...
EDIT
We have a winner of "The Ugliest Camera Ever Made" prize: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/17980889_mp-edition60-years-prcwith-summilux-m-1450mm-asph
Kirbot
Established
These things just makes me queasy for some reason...
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
The Hasselblad Lunar totally mystifies me ... it is so horrid in such a cliched way.
The weird boxy looking Pentax that came out a while ago is a little ugly ... but not in that same way!
The weird boxy looking Pentax that came out a while ago is a little ugly ... but not in that same way!
ZeissFan
Veteran
At the top of my "Ugly" scale:
Crazy Fedya
Well-known
At the top of my "Ugly" scale:
I agree. One of the ugliest, and least user friendly cameras in my opinion.
