Your Top 5 Favorite Cameras Ever!

[Fjäll]

1) Leica M4-P
2) Rolleiflex 3.5F
3) Olympus XA4
4) Sigma DP2s
5) Leica M9
6) Fujifilm X100

 

[Darthfeeble]

Kodak Brownie - The only one I ever mastered the use of.
GAF branded Chinon SLR - First serious camera.
Canon 5D - Challenged me to bring my skills to it's level, never did quite but it helped.
Leica M9 - Well, it's a Leica
Fuji X-E3 - For me, it's everything it needs to be.

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

Based on cameras I've actually owned and used:


1. Nikon FE
2. Pentax K1000
3. Nikon D40
4. Olympus 35RC
5. Nikon D7000


Honorable mention for hypothetical "favorites" that I'm quite sure would make the list if I had a chance to use them: Leica M3, M4, M6, MP, M-A; Leica M10/M10-P; Nikon Df; Nikon FM3A; Olympus XA; Pentax KX; Pentax 67; Ricoh GR1v; Ricoh GR II.

 

[webOSUser]

1. Polaroid Pathfinder 110
2. FED2
3. Nikon D90
4. Kodak DX7630
5. A Ricoh 35mm SLR that I don't remember the number of.

 

[clachnacuddin]

Pentax MX
Minolta Hi-Matic 7sII
Bronica SQa
Olympus E-620
Pentax LX

 

[Laterna Magica]

1. Nikon F4
2. Nikon F6
3. Rolleiflex 2.8
4. Rollei 35
5. Linhof Technika

All of them have set benchmarks in their class at the time.
And the Rolleiflex 2.8 (also in its last model which was produced until 2014) is still the benchmark for TLRs up to today.
I think the same is valid for the current model of the Technika.
And the Nikon F6 is still the current benchmark for 35mm SLRs (and hopefully Nikon will continue to produce it for many years to come).

 

[caila77]

nikon F3
leica cl
mamya rb67
rolleicord IVb
nikon D2h

 

[airfrogusmc]

I gotta add the M 10 to my list. The more I shoot with it the more I like it.

My original list from post #11
Canon F-1
Hasselblad 500 C/M
8X10 Deardorff
Leica M3
Leica M Monochrom

 

[Gerry M]

Of those I have/had and in NPO:
F4
GA645
R2A
Nicca 5L
OM2N

Not far behind & NPO:
P645N
D700
XPRO2
XE2
2.8E

 

[Dogman]

My revised list, as of today:

Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm X-Pro1
Leica M6
Fujifilm X100S
Ricoh GRII

Fuji has knocked most film cameras off my all-time favorites list.

A few honorable mentions:

Nikon F2
Canon EOS 1n
Olympus E620
Pentax Spotmatic (the first 35mm camera I ever used but never owned)
Pentax 645

 

[maggieo]

These aren't in any particular order, because, you know, horses for courses.

Leica M9-P: it's my "magic camera," as my family says. Every time I pick it up, I feel the responsibility to up my game to match the Leica legacy. Goofy and romantic and mildly delusional, I know, but hey, the placebo effect is real!

Polaroid SX-70, original version. Thanks to the Impossible Project I can use it again, even if it's nearly as expensive as shooting with sheet film. I like to shoot portraits with it, photograph the SX-70 photograph, and then give my subject the original.

Olympus XA, original version, bought brand new by my dad when it came out. It fits in my purse. It was a gift from my dad. It makes fantastic photographs. It's fun to use!

Leica M4-P. What can I say? It's just the right weight for me, I can use it with all of my M lenses, it's gorgeous, it fits my hand like a well-fitted glove, and it's the camera that saved Leica. I love it. And I got it got $600.00US. I usually keep a '74 Jupiter-8 50/2 on it ($30.00US at a camera show), and that combo is kind of magic.

Fujifilm X100. It's just like my Canonette QL-17 GIII, only digital. It's magnificent, in an understated way.

I've done loads of work with my Nikon F3, but you know, it was a workhorse, but I'm just not that fond of it. I preferred the OM-2 that one of the newspapers I worked at issued me. So, add the OM-2 to my list of favorite cameras. (Boy, I buried the lede on that one...)

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

Well, um, I'd do a list but the touble is that my favourite cameras are not the ones I use the most... So I'm sort of stuck in limbo.

Regards, David

 

[mark_pw]

I can only think of two - Leica M and Sony A7.

 

[David Murphy]

Leica M2
Voigtlander Bessa R
Pentax K1000
Konica Autoreflex
Leica IIIg

 

[barnwulf]

Sony A7r
Nikon S3
Leica M6
Leica M3
Pentax 67II

 

[tunalegs]

Exa
Exa and Iscotar by Berang Berang, on Flickr


Exakta VX500
Exakta vx500 by Berang Berang, on Flickr


KW Pilot 6
Pilot 6 by Berang Berang, on Flickr


Edixa Prismaflex
Universa Edixa Prismaflex by Berang Berang, on Flickr


Box Form Ensign
Ensign 2¼A Box Form camera by Berang Berang, on Flickr

 

[Peter_S]

Contax T3
Leica Monochrom
Voigtländer Bessa IIIW

These are also unique, and deliver the best combination of image quality, usability and size/weight.
The rest is cool, but in the end pretty interchangeable - adding two more would make me think of three others as well.

 

[presspass]

Original Canon F1
Koni Omega
Leica M6
Nikon F2
Leica llla
All cameras I have owned and used. Still have all of them except the Canon F1s and I still miss them.

 

[pesphoto]

Bessa R2a
Olympus OM2n
Nikon F3hp
Leica M2
Yashica GSN

 

[Ronny]

Nikon F
Nikon F2
Canon F-1 Old
Leica M2
Pentax MX