Which company has the best looking cameras?

[Keith]

This poll confirms my theory that Pentax and Canon make visually unappealing cameras!

 

[BillBingham2]

This poll confirms my theory that Pentax and Canon make visually unappealing cameras!

But the have very good personalities😉

Perhaps you need a few more drinks😱

B2

 

[wilonstott]

oh wow, most people voted for leica.

shocker.


(sorry, i had to troll this a bit)

 

[John Lawrence]

I'd like to know which cameras have the best looking company. Then I could join that crowd!

John

 

[antiquark]

I'd like to know which cameras have the best looking company. Then I could join that crowd!

Here is your answer:
(btw, not my pic)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/personaldork/4140524075/

 

[John Lawrence]

Here is your answer:
(btw, not my pic)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/personaldork/4140524075/

Ha - they look soooo bored though.

The mind boggles at what the Leica equivalent would be ....

John

 

[antiquark]

Ha - they look soooo bored though.

Their eyes might brighten if you pulled out your M9 titanium. 🙂

The mind boggles at what the Leica equivalent would be ....

Not too hard to imagine... just take Leica characteristics and imagine them as a person. Born in 1925, reliable, tough, unconventional beauty (form follows function), has been everywhere... sounds like quite a fetching lass! 😱

 

[johnnygulliver]

assuming all black finish, then Leica make the best looking RF, followed by Nikon and Contax RF in that order. Nikon made the best SLR, the OM1 though is close, a fabulous system design concept in all respects IMHO.

 

[Ezzie]

I voted Nikon, as Alpa was not an available choice. Nor Arca Swiss, Ebony, Chamonix, Tachihara and Gandolfini. Leica's are nice, but there are prettier RF´s though, even CV Bessas are nicer in my mind. Historically I think Contax I/II and Nikon M/S win the RF beauty contest hands down.

 

[narsuitus]

Hasselblad for consistency in form and function in both film and digital.

However, since Hasselblad was not an option, I did not vote.

 

[Paul Luscher]

Well, (ahem), Leica, obviously. As far as SLRs: Olympus OMs (esp. OM-2), hands down.

 

[Soothsayerman]

Zero Image makes the best looking cameras!

www.zeroimage.com

 

[rbiemer]

I'd say Kodak.

I almost agree with this. Kodak have made some seriously beautiful cameras.
The 1936 Bantam Special and the Retina cameras come to mind.
But then they also made these:
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/kodak_instamatic.jpg😀

Rob

 

[drew.saunders]

They don't make RF cameras, and most likely few people here have heard of them, but there are few cameras as beautiful as an Ebony.

http://www.ebonycamera.com/

Ebony or mahogany wood with titanium, extremely well and precisely made, is hard to beat.

 

[gho]

Clearly Leica.

 

[semrich]

Leica screw mount.

 

[Renzsu]

This guy's DIY is probably one of the prettiest cameras I've ever seen:

But, I have to say Leica for their M series if I have to pick a company 🙂

 

[Silva Lining]

I'll put a fourth non-vote in for Hasselblad V series...Leica's are nice too, but the blad is my favourite....

 

[rbiemer]

I've kicked my self for not buying one when they were in production, but I think the 8banners 4 x5 pinhole cameras are one of the prettiest cameras I've ever seen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8banners/2194617215/in/photostream/
Rob

 

[Jack Conrad]

Even though Pentax has made some ugly cameras, such as the SF-1, I think the MX is a touch better looking than Oly's OM series. Come to think of it though, Olympus has created some ridiculously ugly cameras as well.

I like some of the older Nikons, especially the RF's and the 35 Ti is sweet, but I'm put off by that red logo-ish design on their modern dslr's.

All in all though, I find Leicas to be damn fine looking overall. Now, if some Leica dealer would just give me one I'd really wax poetic. lol