Which company has the best looking cameras?

[Juan Valdenebro]

Barnacks.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[BillBingham2]

When I look at consistent style Leica got my vote. If it weren't for a few real dogs (IMHO) and lots of cheap looking P&Ss my vote would have gone to Nikon. I think Nikon has better diversity but the total spectrum is not as consistently good as Leica.

B2 (;->

 

[antiquark]

Egad ... 39 votes for Leica with it's nearest competitor being Olympus with 6!

Well, I guess I have to sell my Nikon and get a Leica now... 🙂

 

[retro]

I'd say Kodak.

 

[FrozenInTime]

I see that Hasselblad is NOT a choice, though they remain steadfast in their use of shiny chrome edges and overall gorgeous aesthetics which are both good looking and well performing.

Love my shiny chrome 203FE with 110 f/2 Zeiss Noctilux.
But I prefer my old beat up 501C with the black paint pealing off and a 60mm CF.

 

[alan davus]

I like my art organic, and the Leica M is the most beautiful camera ever made. It is exactly what is needed and nothing more, really. The OP asked about the "best looking," so we don't have to argue functional, so it would have to go, IMHO, to the Leica M.

I couldn't have said it any better.

 

[Contarama]

A real deal black war torn Leica M3 is the greatest camera ever made let alone the best looking one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-M3-black-paint-camera-famous-photogra-/370438941339 (I encourage you to copy this information)

A close second is the Eyelevel F2...


OK the poll was "which company" so my answer is Leica...

Man those black Olympic Nikon RF's are awful handsome too...

Modern cameras - Leica hands down maybe because of the retro classic style thing I dunno...

I voted Leica...

🙂

 

[dof]

Arca-Swiss get my vote for their current line. Leica makes great-looking film cameras, but the proportions of the digital M models are just not right.

 

[Al Patterson]

I vote for the Canon P

 

[philosomatographer]

Since I only have one vote, I haver to cast it to Olympus. Specifically, the OM system. There can surely not be any denying the aesthetic qualities of both the first (OM-1) or the last (OM-3Ti) olympus-made film SLRs - they simply look as beautiful as they operate.

(of course, Leica M is the obvious winner here for overall aesthetics, and predictably leads the polls, which is perhaps why I voted for the best-looking SLR instead. I hear the Contax fans here, however, the Contact SLRs are just a whole lot "chunkier" than the svelte OM bodies...)

 

[gilpen123]

The IIIf and the Canon P comes next. They are so sexy to my eyes.

 

[alifil]

Zenit: the Horizon.

 

[Thomas-Paris]

Can't vote for Leica because there's no way to distinguish Barnacks (yum!) from Ms (ehhhh) from the normal M8/M9 (oooh) from the ostentatious M9s (oh god no).

Can't vote for KMZ because it's not on the list, despite the beauty of the Zorki 3M.

So, despite the only OK looks of their SLRs (still better than Leica though), I'm voting for Oly because of their very pretty PENs, both old and new.

 

[wdeskiew]

1.Contax G series;
2. Zeiss ikon.
It's a pity they are missing from this poll...

 

[MatthewThompson]

Linhof
Contax

 

[migtex]

Nice starts with an N!

 

[imhere]

1 Nikon RF's
2 Leica RF's

 

[tlitody]

But what about the Fuji X100? Seems like nobody likes the look of it. 😀

 

[jsrockit]

Leica for me... no other compact camera makes me drool like a Leica does...

 

[julescasablancas]

Contax had the best looking cameras, IMHO
My personal fave is the RTS II