The ugliest camera you ever saw.

[mike rosenlof]

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)

 

[Vincent.G]

Leica M2 repainted to bright yellow.

 

[rfaspen]

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.

 

[giellaleafapmu]

Pentax K-01

Aaaaaagh, you stabbed me, I love mine (yellow)! 😀

GLF

 

[giellaleafapmu]

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

 

[rwintle]

Oh ye gods, what is this thing?


Trinoculars? by Richard Wintle, on Flickr

 

[tjh]

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.

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]

So many people? Name 2...

At least several reviewers in photo magazines (don´t remember names). And I guess most of those who bought the thing.

 

[Fitz0520]

Those Fujifilm Instax cameras are absolutely sleek compared to the old Kodak "Colorburst" instants.

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]

That Mamiya is pretty ugly. It looks warped. The build a Lomography Konstruktor is pretty ugly too.
http://shop.lomography.com/us/konstruktor

 

[shadowfox]

i-pad .

+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]

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

 

[2WK]

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]

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

Yeah the head light kills the looks.

 

[noisycheese]

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]

These things just makes me queasy for some reason...

 

[Keith]

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!

 

[ZeissFan]

At the top of my "Ugly" scale:

 

[Crazy Fedya]

At the top of my "Ugly" scale:

I agree. One of the ugliest, and least user friendly cameras in my opinion.

 

[Particular]

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.

I have no idea what you are referring to...

EDIT:
or maybe I do...