Your Top 5 Favorite Cameras Ever!

[alan davus]

1. Leica M6ttl (all time favourite)
2. Leica ME (took a while to grow on me but now I love it)
3. Nikon FA (main shooter along with an FM for 18 years)
4. Panasonic GF1 (still use and love this little guy)
5. Yashica TL Electro (first real camera I owned)

 

[VitoCipriani]

Leica M4 (tough choice between this and my M3; depends what focal length I'm shooting)
Bessa R
Olympus OM-2N
Fuji X-Pro1
Fuji X100

 

[nitevision]

I haven't owned enough cameras to populate my Top 5 list, but the Ricoh GR (2013) is currently my #1.

 

[mark_pw]

1. Sony A7
2. Leica CL
3. Rollei 35S
4. Canon 70D
5. Sigma DP1

You can see the photos taken by them at BigBigLens.com 😎😎😎

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Interesting question. I think if I was hard pressed to choose it would have to be:

Zeiss Ikon Tenax II;
Leica M4 with Amedeo Contax adapter;
Rolleiflex 3.5F;
Zorki 1/Fed 1/Leica II or any other Barnack screw mount camera;
Plaubel Veriwide 100;

There is also Pentax H2/3/S/SV, Contax IIa, Kiev 2/3/Contax II, Olympus Pen FT, Kiev 5, Nikon S2, Canon VI-T and other ones that were gunning for top 5 spots, but I had to choose.

 

[barnwulf]

Not in any particular order:

Nikon F
Leica M4
Leica M3
Leica M6
Leica II
Pentax 67 & 67II
Zeiss Super Ikonta III and IV

- jim

 

[bayernfan]

1. Leica M2-R
2. Leica M4
3. Nikon F3
4. Ricoh GR II (digital)
5. Nikon 35Ti

 

[Harry Lime]

Nikon F / Leica M4 (tie)
Nikon F3HP
Rolleiflex 2.8F
Hasselblad 5xx

 

[L. M. Tu]

Favorites that I've owned:
1. Nikon F
2. Nikon F2
3. Hasselblad Super Wide C
4. Sony NEX-6
5. Canon FTBn

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

The best ones I own and use a lot:

Bessa R4M
Hasselblad 2003FCW
Bessa T
Nikon FE2
Konica Hexar AF

What every one of them can do, can't be done by any other one in the list...

Cheers,
Juan

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Mamiya 6
Pentax Spotmatic
Konica Hexar
Nikon F2
Leica M4

But the past is the past so that means the top of the list is the camera I will use next. Could be one of the following: Nikon F2, Kodak Retina IIa, Mamiya 6, Leica M4, Nikon F3, Nikonos V, Nagaoka Seisakusho 4x5. In all reality, it'll be the Mamiya 6 next, so that camera is my favorite. I can't wait to make the 4x5 my main shooter though.

Phil Forrest

 

[snot]

1) nikon fm
2) leica m3
3) bronica sq-ai
4) ricoh gr1v
5) olympus stylus epic

 

[mfunnell]

1. Leica M type 240
2. Konica Hexar RF
3. Canon EOS 300D (a while ago, but it was a big deal at the time)
4. Canon EOS 7DmkII (the up-to-the-minute version of the above, with bells on)
5. Leica M3

Special mentions to my OM-4Ti and FM3a which I dearly love but were excluded through excessive honesty. Oh, and my various Canon DSLRs which fit between 3 and 4 above, and which probably got more actual use than 3 and 4 above. Especially my 30D, though I like my 5D more.



...Mike

 

[dfdann]

Love them all
Leica M7
Leica M8
Leica C
Nikon F100
Yashmak T4
Cheers,Dan

 

[leica M2 fan]

I had a really difficult time sorting these out but:
1) Nikon D700
2) Nikon FM3a
3) Nikon FA
4) Sony A7
5) Rolleicord V

 

[emraphoto]

Mamiya 6
Fuji GF670
Panasonic LX100
Canon G7X
Contax T3

 

[DougFord]

top three -

Leica m6 classic with 35mm summicron iv
Contax T3
Ricoh GR film camera w/coffee grinder motor, arrrrg!

 

[xayraa33]

Nikon SP

Nikon S2

Leica M3

Leica M4-2

Leica M2


Kiev 4

Kiev 4a

Leica IIIc

Leica IIIf

Leica III

Tower 3 S

Canon L1

Canon VT

Canon IIS2

earliest Zorki 4, 1956 and 1957

Zorki 3M

Oly OM 1n

Canon F1N

Praktica LTL


Hasselblad 500 CM

Mamiya C330

Mamiya C220



Minolta SRT 102

Canon Ftb


Oly XA

Oly XA 1


I cannot pick 5 from my favourites.

 

[Roninman]

Leica M6
Leica M2
Leica M3
Leica 3G
Nikon F100

 

[mynikonf2]

My Top 5 Favorite Cameras, ever...

My Top 5 Favorite Cameras, ever...

With the imposed limitation of just 5 examples this list became impossible for me to produce without the use of an additional list of "Honorable Mention":

1) Nikon F2SB;
2) Nikon SP;
3) M6 "Classic";
4) IIIc "Stepper";
5) M2;

...so this is the "Gang of 5" in no particular order of preference, followed now by a list of "Honorable Mention" :

Canon F1/F1n;
Canon EF "Black Beauty";
Canon FTb-n;
Voigtlander R2S;
Nikon "F" w/F2 features (a.k.a., The Apollo);
Leicaflex SL2;
Pentax ES/ESII;