Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
And the runner up ...
The WORST Cameras of all time..
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dourbalistar
Buy more film
This is so true, Larry! My first serious digital camera was the Sony NEX-5T, which I purchased in 2014. I hardly shoot digital anymore, but all the film images that I share here on the forum are digitized with that camera. If I ever wanted to "un-retire" it and use it for normal stills, I'm sure it would still work great.
I see your Pixii and raise you a Konost. Wait, nevermind...
dourbalistar
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And the runner up ...
With all due respect, Bill, I strongly beg to differ. Worst camera of all time? Maybe very, very ugly, but I have no arguments with ugly. 😉
Guth
Appreciative User
It's the darnedest thing, but seemingly any camera that I happen to get my hands on and make use of instantly turns into the worst camera ever. I have a similar problem with guitars.
KenR
Well-known
Bronica RF645
Bronica RF645
My copy of this camera (beloved by many here at RFF) was a piece of junk. It spent more time back at Bronica for repairs than in my hands taking pictures. I sold it before the warranty ran out. Good lenses, but the body was a dog.
Bronica RF645
My copy of this camera (beloved by many here at RFF) was a piece of junk. It spent more time back at Bronica for repairs than in my hands taking pictures. I sold it before the warranty ran out. Good lenses, but the body was a dog.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Guth
Appreciative User
Oh my gosh. Earlier this year on an online motorcycle forum that I run, I scanned and posted a series of photos that I taken at a motorcycling-related event back in the 70's when I was a kid. After scanning the photos, I tried to remember what exact camera it was that I had received as a gift when I was young. I could only recall that it was an instamatic of some sort.
I realized as soon as I set eyes on your post that the camera I had owned back then was of course "The Handle" by Kodak. Talk about a flashback (not to be confused with a flashbulb). The Handle might well have been one of the worst cameras ever. I know that I have wished many times over in my adulthood that I had owned a better camera back then. But looking at those and other photos that I took as a child, I'm made aware of the fact that even the worst camera is better than no camera at all.
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
I meant it as as tongue-in-cheek. But, in fact, it did nearly bury Leica. So I suppose in a manner of speaking, it was Leica's "worst" camera.
CharlesDAMorgan
Veteran
I think it shared that honour with the Leicaflex SL Bill.
Strangely both of my absolute favourite cameras (with meters) almost destroyed Leica. As with cars, I do seem to be taken by over-engineered German stuff!
Strangely both of my absolute favourite cameras (with meters) almost destroyed Leica. As with cars, I do seem to be taken by over-engineered German stuff!
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
That's too funny! I Googled "worst 35mm camera of all time" and 'the Handle' was my first hit - the second was the Kodak Instamatic; I had one when I was kid (man, what a POS). That's where I got the picture(s).
Ambro51
Collector/Photographer
Can’t agree with that choice. 126 went away, butback n the day those Kodak Instamatics delivered and were hugely popular.
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
Yes! Especially the SL2 (a camera I particularly loved, BTW). I've been told by numerous sources (Don Goldberg being one of them) that Leica lost money on every SL2 they sold.
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
Popular, yes. But so were Time-X watches.
Canyongazer
Canyongazer
Canon AE 1 - cheesy feel and
tinny sounding shutter, almost bad as a Nikkormat. "Ping!"
tinny sounding shutter, almost bad as a Nikkormat. "Ping!"
Oscuro
He's French, I'm Italian.
Ugh,
Leica R-anything... light leaking always... and heavy...
Ciao,
Mme. O.
Leica R-anything... light leaking always... and heavy...
Ciao,
Mme. O.
Ste_S
Well-known
I like brutalist architecture, so the M5 is the best looking Leica, obvs.
bob338
Well-known
Nimslos were great cameras, Nishikas were horrible. In fact, I would nominate the Nishika as the worst camera ever made! it even has a lead weight in it to make it seem more substantial than it is.
I've had a few Nimslos and they are great cameras. Sharp lenses, well built and easily pocketable. Kinda wish I still had one.
Huss
Veteran
Rollei A110 is an excellent 110 camera. Tessar 3.5 lens, AE, manual focus. Titianium construction. Most probably the best 110 made.
And 100% crop from above:
To be fair, most 110 cameras were garbage. Add to that awful 1hour developing counters and you'd get horrible results.
Huss
Veteran
Do not confuse the Konost with a Kronost. Those had delicious custard fillings.
Bill Clark
Veteran
I suppose I would classify as my worst camera as I’m still learning how to use it. I need to get in a different frame of mind when using it.
The camera is a Zero 2000 wooden pinhole.
That is my worst camera!
But it ‘s fun! And I’m going to make good photographs with it.
The camera is a Zero 2000 wooden pinhole.
That is my worst camera!
But it ‘s fun! And I’m going to make good photographs with it.
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