Your Top 5 Favorite Cameras Ever!

Non digital
Nikon s3
Nikon sp
Leica m2
Nikon f
Canon new f1
All black

Digital
Canon 1dx
Canon 5d (any)
Fuji x100 (black)
Nikon df
Nikon d1
 
That's pretty hard, since I own (or have owned) many more than 5 amazing cameras.

But, ok, I'll have a go...

A) Cameras I still own:

1) Nikon Df (My best cam ever.)
2) Leica M8 (I still love it!)
3) Leica M6 (My favourite "film" camera.)
4) Fuji X-T1 (For everything it can do.)
5) Fuji X-E2 (For it's looks and smaller size.)

Others which need to be mentioned (no ranking): Nikon F3 HP, Fuji GW 690, Nikon F, Nikon F90x, Nikkormat FT2, Nikon D7100, Pentax K100D, Weltaflex, Moskva-5, Sony HX-20V, Leicaflex SL, Minolta XD7, Panasonic GF3, Pentax ME Super, Pentax Spotmatic SPII, Kodak Retina IIIc, Leica IIIa, Sigma DP1s, Lomography cams, Polaroids and so many others...


B) Very good camera I used to have: Sony NEX-7, Canon EOS 5D, Canon EOS 350D, Nikon D90...


C) Amazing cameras that weren't mine, but that I was allowed to shoot with: Mamiya 7, Leica M7, Hasselblad 500c, Leica M9, Leica M240, Leica M Monochrom, Olympus OM-D E-M Series (1, 5 and 10)...
 
Based on the use of my own cameras.

Canon FD: F1N, T90 (thousands of images over many years)
Leica: film: {M3, M6}, digital: {M8, M9}
Rolleiflex: 2.8D (TLR), SL35 (35mm)
Hasselblad: SWC (more recently)
Minox GT
 
iPhone 6S
Leica M3
Canon EOS 650
Pentax Auto 110
Konica Autoreflex T3n

I put all these on my list because of the amazing beauty of the photos I've captured with each. And, yes, despite the small negative size of the Auto 110, I've gotten some astoundingly clear, detailed photos with it.

I have the EOS 650 on the list because for years it was my everyday camera, until a toddler pulled it off a table and broke the lens and focusing screen to bits. Using that camera was just zen. That toddler graduated from high school this year.

Scott
 
Nikon F2A
Leica IIIf
Nikkormat FTN
Rolleicord Va
Rollei 35S

I've shot the great majority of my photographs with these cameras.
 
Panasonic Lumix LF1 - has to be first because it's the one that I'm using now and has replaced the :
Panasonic Lumix LX7 - that I will go back to only for its multiple exposure capabilities.
Olympus PEN D Half frame - was a constant companion in the 1960s-70s
Olympus OM1 - a real classic
 
In no particular order from what I own or have owned

Leica MP / M-A (basically the same camera)
Konica Hexar AF
Ricoh GR
Fuji X-Pro 2 (it's a new relationship, but we're bonding exceptionally well)
Mamiya 7II
 
agoglanian said:
In no particular order from what I own or have owned

Leica MP / M-A (basically the same camera)
Konica Hexar AF
Ricoh GR
Fuji X-Pro 2 (it's a new relationship, but we're bonding exceptionally well)
Mamiya 7II
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Hey Abram! Your old M4-P didnt make your list. Why do u prefer your M-A?
If i recall your M4-P was mint.
 
mich rassena said:
As someone who has both Graflex and Busch press cameras, what does the Busch offer that the Graflex doesn't? I keep thinking I'd like one.
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I think the Busch is better built, but it lacks things which are game changing:
1) the Graflok back: it's a genius work around design
2) If you need a focal plane shutter, the Speed is pretty much the only game in town
3 if you want wide angle on a crown graphic, the linked bed rails go back into the body.

And I forgot this, so I added it later: the Graflex lens boards are pressed tin plate and a bit cheesy, but a person with limited skills can kludge something to make it work. The Busch boards are better made, but are held in place with a set screw system which is more difficult to kludge.


Weegee always recommended a Speed Graphic for crime photography because it made the cops think you belonged there, and if one of the bad guys lunged out at you , you could hit them with it and it wouldn't damage the camera
 
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Hmmm, I actually expected more Nikons with so many Nikonians around here....
Here's my list:

Sony A900
A digital camera as easy to use as a film camera - even easier with no film to load. It never gets in your way, it just works (it is a camera I think a lot of people around here would've liked).

Sony NEX F3
Yeah, I know. It isn't that good, it is a cheap mirrorless entry level camera. But the 16mp sensor is just good; it is small; it has a good grip; AF is good enough; the EVF I added is great. It is proof that a cheap entry level camera can be very capable - but the most important thing: it is fun to use.

Canon EOS 50/50E
The aluminium body is great to hold, the grip is much, much better then the EOS 30, and it just works. And it looks good :)

Minolta X700
My Minolta XD7 and XD5 are sexier, but the X700 is a joy to use. It is not fancy, but it just works and sounds nice. After using one of the XD's or any other manual focus camera, I'm always surprised how nice the X700 is to use....

Canon EOS 1Ds mark II
It is big, it is heavy, it is old, the battery is cumbersome - but it is oh so nice to use. There is something about the Canon 1-series cameras. I don't take it out much because of the bulk, but when I do, I really like it.

I would like to mention the Canon EOS 1v and Minolta Dynax 9, these last generation AF film cameras are great tools (as probably is the Nikon F5/6).
 
In no real order...

- Leica M2 - enough, and nothing more.
- Pentax LX - immeasurably capable.
- Ricoh GR (V) - the only digital I've used which felt like it was designed by hardcore photography geeks.
- Minolta Autocord - that Rokkor...
- Olympus E3 - bombproof, amazing for Type 2 fun, and them Zuikos.
 
I'm pleased to see how many times the Minolta Autocord has appeared on these lists. I can't imagine being without mine.

- Murray
 
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