NickTrop
Veteran
There have been some very ugly cameras produced over the years. Post your favorite "only a mother could love", "what was the designer th/(dr)inking" camera here. Another poster recently posted a thread about picking one of these up. Never heard of it... thought I'd take a look. Whoah, Nellie! That is ONE fugly camera. So I vote for the Argus Autronic I (Never owned one, mind you...) This is for fun... Don't go getting upset! I'm sure the camera's feeling won't be hurt

That camera has a striking resemblance to the Kiev 5.
But they are both beauty queens compared with my Nikon E3, One-Point-Three MEGAPixel full-frame Digital camera from 1997.
TV Screen... All I get is a little slot to show the PCMCIA card is in it.
But they are both beauty queens compared with my Nikon E3, One-Point-Three MEGAPixel full-frame Digital camera from 1997.
TV Screen... All I get is a little slot to show the PCMCIA card is in it.
charjohncarter
Veteran
There have been some very ugly cameras produced over the years. Post your favorite "only a mother could love", "what was the designer th/(dr)inking" camera here. Another poster recently posted a thread about picking one of these up. Never heard of it... thought I'd take a look. Whoah, Nellie! That is ONE fugly camera. So I vote for the Argus Autronic I (Never owned one, mind you...) This is for fun... Don't go getting upset! I'm sure the camera's feeling won't be hurt![]()
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That's pretty hard to beat Nick, but I'll give it a try:

I get it. You guys just have something against SELENIUM!
Accurate after 50 years, and still doesn't get any respect!
Accurate after 50 years, and still doesn't get any respect!
charjohncarter
Veteran
I get it. You guys just have something against SELENIUM!
Accurate after 50 years, and still doesn't get any respect!
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No, no, no, I love Selenium:

dexdog
Veteran
hard to beat selenium meters for uglifying an otherwise elegant design. I like using selenium meters, but coupled meters are often just damn ugly. BTW, this selenium meter is still spot one, matches my LunaStar F across the spectrum (at least to the limit of sensitivity).
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Alpacaman
keen bean

This one is pretty ugly. And probably familiar to conspiracy theorists too: http://www.copweb.be/Imperial_Camera.htm
dmr
Registered Abuser
LOL, I'm surprised nobody posted a pic of a cell phone camera!
That's about as ugly as you can get. not to mention the totally {insert sophomoric f-bomb portmanteau here} photos they take.
That's about as ugly as you can get. not to mention the totally {insert sophomoric f-bomb portmanteau here} photos they take.
Alpacaman
keen bean
LOL, I'm surprised nobody posted a pic of a cell phone camera!
Like this? Yes, it would seem fairly ugly.

:angel:
dmr
Registered Abuser
Like this? Yes, it would seem fairly ugly.
LOL, almost like the one floating around of the old wooden plate camera with the telephone hand crank and hang-up receiver on it.
NickTrop
Veteran
Yecch! I about to throw up! No mass! That Nikon E3 is a beast... blech! Actually, looking back, a lot of the early digitals were unsightly.
charjohncarter
Veteran
Yecch! I about to throw up! No mass! That Nikon E3 is a beast... blech! Actually, looking back, a lot of the early digitals were unsightly.
But your is still the best, you win!
Roberto V.
Le surrèalisme, c'est moi
Simmon Brothers Omega 120
(predecessor of the Koni Omega)

bob338
Well-known
no M5s yet?
Alpacaman
keen bean
bob338
Well-known
The M5 is sexy, thank you very much![]()
maybe the Contax IIIA then? the IIA was such a beautiful camera and then they wrecked it with that lousy meter...
GoneSavage
not actually
Great thread! If only my cameras weren't all so pretty 
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
How about this:

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