What is your favourite non-Leica RF cam?

Mamiya Universal,
Mamiya Press "Flattop",
Miniature Crown Graphic,
Busch Pressman 4X5

All RF's and all are liked equally with my Leica IIIf.
 
In 35mm, Zeiss Ikon ZM, hands down.

Regardless of format - all-time favourite is the Fujica G690. Texas Leica de luxe.
 
Tower/Nicca 5L

(you asked for our favorite - but some are just providing a list of all their cameras that aren't Leicas. I have and had a bunch of non-leicas, but the Nicca is my favorite)
 
Sticking to 35mm:

(1) Zeiss Ikon Contax (II, IIa)
(2) Nikon RFs (SP, SP 2005, S3 2000)
(3) Kodak Ektra
(4) Assorted Barnack copies (Nicca, Leotax, Reid, Kardon, etc.)
(4) Bell & Howell Foton
 
My favorite non-Leica rangefinder has to be my Electro 35 GSN. Nothing exposes film more accurately except my LX, and the RF/VF is great.

My Kodak Medalist is a close second :)
 
Of the ones I own, in order

1. Canon G-III QL17 (sorry, predictable !)
2. Canon Canonet (original with no aperture scale in viewfinder)
3. Zorki 4 (wind is stiff and I get a sore thumb) :-(
4. Minolta Hi-Matic F (shutter works but focus is off)
5. Konica C35 Automatic (doesn't work at all)

Ronnie
 
My favorite non-Leica RF cam is the Graphic 36005-P32 cam. Why? Because it is the rangefinder cam in my Super Speed Graphic camera with 1/1000 shutter.
You ask an engineer about a cam and you will get a comment about a cam.
 
In order of most used from what I own:

Yashica Electro 35 GSN
Bessa R
Fuji G690BL
Zorki C

The Yashica is actually misplaced right now, which saddens me deeply...but it really is a gem of camera, and has helped me produce some of my best photographs. The Bessa is, obviously, a step in the right direction from the Yashica, but it still gets less use. The Fuji is a beast, and I can rely on it for making huge, 35mm ratio negatives for me. The Zorki is just fun to use and take apart. I've got a need to always be taking something apart, cleaning it, or fixing it, so I'm sort of in love with my little FSU RF. Tactility is king!
 
Spavinaw said:
My favorite non-Leica RF cam is the Graphic 36005-P32 cam. Why? Because it is the rangefinder cam in my Super Speed Graphic camera with 1/1000 shutter.
You ask an engineer about a cam and you will get a comment about a cam.
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That is a GREAT cam. I have the same one in my Super Graphic tied to my Graphex 135/4.7.

My friend Dom and I used to have a mutual friend named Cami. We used to call her Bumpstick (a colloquial term for an internal combustion engine camshaft.)
 
When not in a Leica mood, I use the following:

Canon P, L1, VT, VT de Luxe, IVSB2

Nikon S2

Bessa R4M

Bessa T
 
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