What is your one favorite camera as of right now?

Currently, the Ricoh GR1v. Love this little point and shoot...But my "go to" favorite camera on most every trip/outing/event is my M6 TTL .58 with 35mm Summicron ver. 1
 
..... as of right now, my favorite is the M9. Reason: love the feel, compact but not too small and fits my hands, it is easy to use and the images produced from the raw files.

This year I have been committed to taking a photo each day and posting the same day if possible. So 2014 has been the year of the digital camera, splitting time between the M9 and K5IIs.
 
Favorite for the past year: Sigma DP2 Merrill.

(Still, maybe John will start a "...And now, what are your second and third favorites" since I' can't be the only one with ranker's regrets.)
 
Fuji X-E2 with the XF18 and XF35.....and a restored 1953 J9 (85/2), old school layout, Body is natural to hold, Xtrans images are amazing, Fuji Colors are tops!

May get a X-Pro 2 as second body..... someday.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
One which I have for long time, of course.
Canon 5D.
Why.
Because it is digital, but film like FF camera with few very good lenses for it in my possession.
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My favourite overall is my M3. It has the perfect viewfinder for use with a 50, feels confidently solid in the hand, and over the last year, I've grown very attached to it through daily use.


Leica M3 by Brendan | Toews, on Flickr

I have to agree with KoFe about the 5D as well, it's my favourite digital camera for the same reason...
 
I have had a Sony A7r for about 4 months now and this is my favorite for now for the image quality that I get with it. My Leica M3 is shouting "Traitor," at me right now. - jim
 
It isn't my favorite user, but my favorite camera is a black-paint Nikon F2A, given to me by my uncle, who bought it off of Burt Glinn in the 80's, when my uncle was working for Glinn. My uncle went on to use it as his main body until he bought himself a pair of F3's in the 90's. It's pro-smoked twice over, long overdue for a trip to Sover Wong, it's brassed and dented and the shutter is starting to cap ever so slightly. The slow speeds are just a hair too slow. It looks damn dignified.

I threw it in my bag when I went to shoot in Ferguson, Mo a few weeks back on assignment, just as an afterthought, and I made one of my favorite images with it. The thing just has soul.
 
By most counts it is Contax 645. The only weakness is bulk, and on that count I prefer the M7 with Elmar M 50.
 
I'm going to plump for my Nikon D3X - if only on the grounds that the X seems to have been the unloved D3. But between my D3S and D800E, it's the camera I pick up most. However, my platonic ideal is the Hassy 500 for its perfection in form.
 
At the moment, the Fuji instax mini 90. The definition of fun and instant gratification, not only for the photographer, but also for others: subjects, even onlookers. Kids adore everything about it.

If this doesn't count, then the Fuji Klasse S. In my book nothing beats pocketable image quality coupled with reasonable control. Size matters.
 
If I had to choose ONE favorite camera, it would be my Minolta Autcord CdS-III with Maxwell screen, supported by extensive Minolta and Rollei accessories.

That said, I would experience significant wailing and gnashing of teeth if I had to part with my Mamiya C330f (plus lenses and accessories) or my Rolleiflex T. I consider these, together with the CdS-III, my top three cameras.

I have loved TLRs since I got my first Kodak Duaflex IV for Christmas in 1959. I like the mechanical simplicity and durability of TLRs, along with their vibrationless functioning. I normally use mine on a tripod, leaving both of my hands free to attend to camera controls and supporting equipment. With a waist-level finder, I can view the composition on the groundglass with both eyes, better able to see and correct alignments, and seemingly able to "lay out" the composition on the groundglass like onto a canvas. I also like square composition. (I now have eight TLRs.)

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In 35mm, I'm very partial to my Minolta SR-T 102 and an array of MC and MD Minolta Rokkor prime lenses. An angle-finder facilitates use of this camera (and my other Minolta bodies) on a tripod.
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For travel and living abroad, compact fixed-lens RF cameras (an Olympus 35RC, and later the Canonet GIII 17 QL I have now) have served me perfectly. They are lightweight, quick and easy to use, and they have good optics. "Back home," however, I don't tend to use them. (While I admire this kind of camera and always want to have one handy, it sees little use in my current circumstances and would not be considered a favorite at this time. I just feel obliged to mention it, since this is the RangeFinder Forum. :p)

- Murray
 
My very new to me Flexaret III is doing it for me.
I am newish to TLR's and i am enjoying the experience.
Long term my Minolta XD with a 50mm 1.4 does amazing things.
 
My favorite camera, a Mamiya-Sekor 500TL, is retired because I abandoned film. It's my favorite because my wife bought it for me in 1970 and I did street photography with it before I even knew street photography existed.

My workhorse cameras are a pair of Fujifilm XT-1s.
 
I would say the Sigma DP2X. The B&W conversions are very nice.
I like it more than the Merrill because of the size and the manual focus.
This is my fourth one in this series and I promise never to sell this one. :rolleyes:

SA
 
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