pixelated
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A second-generation or so Minolta digital. The software was awful, too many confusing menus, mediocre results even for the time, cost a small fortune, and was barely worth $10.00 a year.
The WORST Cameras of all time..
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johnf04
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I see no one has mentioned the Pentina - a lens shuttered left hand wind left hand release SLR from Pentacon.
pvdhaar
Peter
Agreed on the finder.. But the images it made were brilliant.
jsrockit
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Oh man... I loved that camera! I never knew the VF was bad until the internet told me. AND I used it along side an M6! I think it was because I also used toy cameras and old 126 cameras that I didn't care.
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
The Kodak Super Six-20?
The Kochmann Reflex-Korelle?
The Kochmann Reflex-Korelle?
mpaniagua
Newby photographer
+1 Worst camera format IMHO. Even 110 was better. Format was pretty impractical, bad image quality and camera was a nightmare to hold.
Andrea Taurisano
il cimento
If the best camera is the one you actually have with you, then the worst camera must be the one that sits home all the time. Even if it's called Leica MP.
cary
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Mamiya 645 Super, various problems, went back to Mamiya six times in one year. I was so tired of it I melted the camera in an environmental chamber.
Sonnar Brian
Established
The Retina- Sir Edmund Hillary used a 1935 Retina 118 camera for his 1953 Mt Everest expedition. It was Knob wind and manually cocked shutter, no cocking rack to strip. I have ~20 Kodak Retinas, most bought very cheap- in working condition. Several at shows for under $35. The Cocking Rack is the weak link, I've replaced 1 in a IIC.
Worst camera: Kodak Instant Print cameras. Made obsolete due to patent infringement.
EK-4 and EK-6, Zoom Circle instead of a Rangefinder. How much did that save?
EK-8, any delivered before yanking the film?
Polavision Instant Movie camera and film. Took so long to get to market, replaced by Videotape. Super-expensive film.
Worst camera: Kodak Instant Print cameras. Made obsolete due to patent infringement.
EK-4 and EK-6, Zoom Circle instead of a Rangefinder. How much did that save?
EK-8, any delivered before yanking the film?
Polavision Instant Movie camera and film. Took so long to get to market, replaced by Videotape. Super-expensive film.
agentlossing
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I had a Canon AF35ML, with the f1.9 lens, for a bit... I don't think a single photo was ever sharp, even though the optics were clean the lens just made everything look like it had plastic optics. I threw it away when I popped up the flash and a series of loud snaps and clicks emanated from the battery compartment. Not interested in dealing with that old flash capacitor!
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
Interesting. My Topcon camera has always performed flawlessly.
Many would describe Konicas the same way you describe Topcon.
Chris
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
My brother bought the Olympia version...after he passed I was going through his stuff and found it...I threw it away and a few months later while visiting my parent's house I saw that my dad pulled it out if the recycle bin and its in the garage...still in the original box...
I see them at garage sales and thrift stores...seriously, who buys these pieces of junk...
John Bragg
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I have had very bad luck with Olympus Mju ii Stylus Epic cameras. Great in theory, with a stellar lens, but a focussing nightmare. I got a mint black one and the battery door broke for no reason at all. Another one was so bad at nailing focus that it ruined a complete film at a friend's wedding. I bought mine before all the hype, and certainly wouldn't pay what they are currently fetching. Now the Original Mju I Stylus infinity is a different thing entirely. I have 2 great examples and they punch well above their weight. Just goes to show that sometimes the new improved version is far from all that it is cracked up to be.
mothertrucker
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Not sure if anybody has mentioned the Rollei XF35. But how disappointing is it to use that terrible rangefinder connected to a 40mm f2.3 Sonnar? And also one of the worst battery covers of all time. I just wish they put another 6 months into development of that thing.
james.liam
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I see no one has mentioned the Pentina - a lens shuttered left hand wind left hand release SLR from Pentacon.
The finest Socialism can produce. A lesson lost on the US.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
The Topcon Super D won over its competition (including the Nikon F) for the US Navy and Air Force contracts and performed well in service.
My Topcon R II works well - its 35/2.8 Topcor lens produces nice sharp and contrasty images. The only fault is that its shutter speed dial is very small and the higher speeds are crowded very close together.
My Topcon R II works well - its 35/2.8 Topcor lens produces nice sharp and contrasty images. The only fault is that its shutter speed dial is very small and the higher speeds are crowded very close together.
fireblade
Vincenzo.
Had a Sony Nex 5 which loved giving off orange skin tones no matter what. Then the Nex 7 appeared, but Hasselblad wrapped it in leather and wood and wanted 5K for a 1.2K camera...hideous....externally and the software/menu.
aizan
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iPhone 6 Plus with Moment anamorphic lens and app. It crashes all the time, volume buttons don't work reliably as the shutter button, sometimes it doesn't save photos, and the autofocus and autoexposure are slow to adjust. I need a new phone.
Or could someone give me an XPan for Christmas?
Or could someone give me an XPan for Christmas?
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
It should go on the Santa list and there is of course the "naughty or nice" appraisal and we'll take it from there....
Erik van Straten
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