Your Top 5 Favorite Cameras Ever!

[lxmike]

Pentax lx
Pentax Mx
Nikon F
Leica IIIg
Leica IIIc

 

[ChipMcD]

1. Leica MP
2. Leica M3
3. Hasselblad 903 SWC
4. Hasselblad 500 C/M
5. Nikon F5

 

[Roninman]

1. Konica Autoreflex
2. Nikon F2
3. Rollei 35 s
4. Leica IIIg
5. Leica M2

 

[RObert Budding]

This looks just like threads where someone asks what camera to buy. There, too, the responses are all over the lot.

 

[ramosa]

1. Leica M6
2. Leica M Monochrom
3. Leica Q
4. SonyRX1r
5. Leica M7

 

[Scapevision]

1. Pentax 67
2. Fujica G690BL
3. Minolta CLE
4. Ricoh GRII
5. Olympus XA

 

[TerryMcC]

In no order
Nikon F2
Nikon D500
Nikon S2
Fujifilm X-Pro 2
Nikon F5

 

[leicapixie]

To mis-quote "Bailey" of "Major Crimes" it's always the M3.
It's always the M3..

 

[bmattock]

My favorite camera, the one I would run back into my house to get if the house was on fire, is probably my Canon FX. Sentimental value. Followed by my Yashica 635 TLR, same reason.

My favorite cameras in terms of the ones I use seem to show where I'm at with photography at the moment.

1) Pentax K-50
2) Pentax *ist DS
3) Pentax K-x
4) Yashica Lynx 14
5) Konica I post-WWII fixed-lens rangefinder, Hexar 50mm f/2.8

I do shoot mostly digital these days, and I love my Pentax dSLR cameras, especially the oldest ones (feel great in my hand, everything just seems to be where I want it to be in terms of controls). I've just moved to a new house and am digging out my camera gear and will be setting my B&W darkroom and film scanning equipment back up as a winter project. Hope to do more with B&W in 2019.

 

[Jay Decker]

1. 8x10 Eastman View No. 2 - something about 8x10 B&W images made with vintage lenses
2. Rolleiflex 2.8C Xenar - wonderful MF, including portraits, without SLR size and weight
3. Exakta 66 - big enough to mount 180mm f/2.8 Zeiss Sonnar for MF portraits
4. Leica M3/M4 - classic 35mm film image look and the solid feel of machanical quality
5. Nikon F3HP - the best “get out of my way” ergonomics 35mm shooter
9. Nikon D800 - documentation and assignment workhorse with low light capability

 

[pan]

my Top 5 cameras are

my Top 5 cameras are

1. Canon 5D Mark II
2. Sigma DP2 Merrill
3. Nikon D810
4. Bessa R2a
5. Sinar F1

 

[blan01]

1. Fuji Klasse S
2. Leica M5
3. Pentax LX
4. Hasselblad Xpan
5. Rolleiflex 3.5F

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

1. Leica M3
2. Nikon FM2n
3. Rolleiflex 3.5F
4. Olympus OM2n
5. Hasselblad 500cm

I suspect in 3 years this will be different, but I doubt the Leica M3 will have gone...

 

[Photog9000]

I tend to be a one-camera at a time guy so my list



1. Olympus OM-4T (love the metering system) - had a pair for a decade.
2. Nikon D2H - was my workhorse pair while working as a newspaper shooter.
3. Nikon F100 - my first foray into autofocus
4. Fujifilm X100S - my retirement camera w/both TCL and WCL
5. My dad's 1972 Yashica Electro 35 GS that I still shoot with

 

[Jonne]

In no order
1. F100
2. T4
3. X100T
4. Sq-a
5. Bessa R

 

[shorelineae]

1. Leica M5
2. Nikon F2
3. Ricoh GR 1 (film camera)
4. Ricoh GRD 1 (8mp digital)
5. Ricoh GR 2 (new gen; 16 mp digital)

F2 replaces FM3A. 🙂
Ricoh GR 2 is there because it started me out on photography; I prefer the older GRDs now.
I have other cameras but I still need an extended period of time with them to know if I love them. 😉

 

[Ambro51]

1. English Sryle half plate daguerreotype Camera with Holmes Booth and Hayden’s lens. The second camera I built (up to 433 now) and the one I used for 14 years doing Civil War Re-enactment Photography. 2 (tie) Working UR Leicas, one by Mr. Kim in Seoul, the other I converted to working myself. 3. Contura Stereo Camera, The 12th one made. 4. Ansco Automatic Reflex , latest serial number recorded. 5. Bell and Howell Foton with Cases and 216 mm Cooke telekinetic and Finder. An Honorable Mention to my First Camera, and an honored shelf spot, Herco Imperial 620 Box Camera

 

[Out to Lunch]

What I posted in 2017:

- Leica M6
- Leica ME
- Zeiss Ikon rangefinder
- Epson R-D1x
- Fuji X-100


All in use today -well, the M-E is undergoing a sensor replacement. Two years later, I'd add the Fuji X-H1. I know, not a commercial success but a fantastic camera nevertheless.

 

[Ccoppola82]

The 2 camera I instantly felt comfortable with are
1. Leica M2
2. Nikon F3HP
They are both the perfect weight and ergonomics for me.

Digital
1. Mp240
2. Canon 6d which doesn’t get used as often, but when I need ultimate reliability in the dark it’s the one I grab. I still love it’s sensor for some reason.
3. Xpro2 gets an honorable mention as a fun camera.

 

[jsrockit]

Ok... as of 8/22/18:

Leica M6
Nikon Df
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm X-E3
Ricoh GR

Honorable mentions:

Leica Minilux
Contax T2
Leica M9
Leica X1
Contax G1
Sony A7R
Fujifilm X100 series

As of 11/03/19:

Hmmm, I seem to have a new list every time this thread comes up... I guess that's because of digital.

Definite favorites from the past...

Leica M6
Leica Minilux
Nikon Df
Fujifilm X-Pro2 (And X-Pro1)(and probably the X-Pro3)

New one... Fujifilm X-H1 ... I think.