Top Five "Evil" SLRs of All Time

Top Five "Evil" SLRs of All Time

  • Nikon F (F//F2//F3/F4...you get the idea)

    Votes: 223 61.1%

  • Canon F-1

    Votes: 66 18.1%

  • Contax RTS (I, II, but especially III)

    Votes: 45 12.3%

  • Minolta XK/XK Motor

    Votes: 14 3.8%

  • Olympus OM-1/2/3/4 (and variations thereof)

    Votes: 134 36.7%

  • Leica SL/SL2

    Votes: 29 7.9%

  • Exakta System

    Votes: 8 2.2%

  • Pentax (especially LX)

    Votes: 34 9.3%
  • Total voters
    365
  • Poll closed .
As a long time FD user with A-1's and an AE-1, I voted for the F-1.

Now I've got to track down the FD thread. I've been busy working and not spending enough time on the internet...
 
SL MOT. A tank amongst cameras. Mind you the motor has a mind of it's own and has new been discarded.

If you have never looked through the viewfinder of one of these cameras you simply won't understand.

Michael
 
Here's a solitary vote for the canon at-1, behind the time even when it came out apparently..
Its not even evil really, but it's never let me down.
It's plucky, that's what it is...
 
Nando said:
Finally, Pentax is on the poll. For me, its the Spotmatic if we're talking 35mm SLR's.
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Hey...how'd that 'appen? 😛

I was thinking about how to re-do the poll to appease the plethora of Pentaxphiles about to pounce me, but obviously someone got to it before me.


- Barrett
 
As real work horses, I'd say fairly confindently that the toss up here is between the OM's and the F's. The Canon is, well, a Canon. EEK!


I'm with the F.
 
Nikon for me. The ergonomics are perfect.

1. Nikon FM2n
2. Nikon F5
3. Nikon F4
4. Nikon F6
5. Nikkormat FT
 
amateriat said:
The reason: When the Pentax LX was released, I got hold of a pair of them and quickly built a system around them, having sold off my Canon system to help pay for all this. On paper, the LX wrapped up my favorite features of several cameras and put them in a body marginally bigger than an Olympus OM. Whee!

But...you know the joke about pioneers? Less than two months later, I got the equivalent of two arrows in the back when both my LX bodies packed up, victims of what was then a mysterious mirror-box mechanics problem. Pentax' techs couldn't nail the problem (and, believe me, they tried...I got true VIP treatment from them at the time). Ultimately, I gave up, trading the whole lot for a pair of (used) F3 bodies and an MD-4 motor.

While I don't harbor any ill will toward Pentax, that little adventure took a lot out of me. So, for this poll, the LX is off the list.



- Barrett
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Ah... the infamous sticky mirror syndrome. Well, that is the price of being an early adopter. I'm sure some of the other cameras on the list had their weaknesses too.
But wait..... Pentax is now on the poll. can I vote again?
 
PentHassyKon said:
Ah... the infamous sticky mirror syndrome. Well, that is the price of being an early adopter. I'm sure some of the other cameras on the list had their weaknesses too.
But wait..... Pentax is now on the poll. can I vote again?
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Not sure...I think I put in the option to vote for more than one model/brand.

None of my other cameras gave me a peep of trouble (I got the F-1n when it first came out, but as that was essentially a warmed-over version of the original, perhaps it doesn't count).


- Barrett
 
Mablo said:
Nikon FM2n is the most evil of them all.
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Aside from the mechanical shutter with a top speed of 1/4000 I read that the FM2 has the ability to do multiple exposures via a lever setting!

I do love my OM's but .......... 😱
 
My favorite film camera above even my M2 is my 1969 Nikon F.
Yes Chippy, I do use mine along with my F2's and Nikkormats on a rotational basis. I had a couple of OM1's and some of the nicer zuiko's, 24,50,85 and 180 but sold them all to concentrate on one x compatible system. It's Nikon's F mount that gets my vote.
 
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