What is your most used camera?

[Krosya]

Hi all,
Well there have been all kinds of threads - best 50mm lens, best 35mm lens, etc. Well, as I see in many people's signatures, most of us have more than one camera. Many different Leicas, as well as other cameras. So, which one you use the most and why? Is it RF camera? Is it Leica? Why this and not the other? I realize that some are for different things - at times you need MF or SLR or whatever else. But even people that have several Leicas - what's your most used one and why?
Cheers.
K.

[ClaremontPhoto]

Leica Minilux because I've always got it with me. Even popping into the supermarket it's there.

[jody]

Right now I have three, For digital my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20, SLR minolta SRT 101, Rangefinder Black Bessa R with a Black Jupiter 8, all three in the bag with me.

[MadMan2k]

Probably the M3, over the Canon, because I don't have a good wildlife lens for it and the landscape possibilities around here are dull this time of year. And the Leica is just sweet to use.

[5nap5hot]

My Bessa R3M is my carry-everywhere camera. However, I have shot the most frames with my Canon 30D. (probably because I have only had the Bessa a few months) I use my R3M for my personal work and my 30D for "professional" work.

[dexdog]

Contax II, 35mm post-war Biogon. I usually carry it every day to work in my briefcase.

[KNPhoto]

In 1999, I started using a rangefinder camera and didn't look back. I enjoyed the SLRs that helped teach me how to see photographically up to that point. I had stopped shooting seriously for a time before then. I was inspired when I saw the Mamiya 7, and knew that's it! Large negative, great lens, and lots to shoot. With the large investment in this camera, I couldn't buy anything else--and didn't need to. Still shooting with it today. I'm very tempted with the other rangefinder cameras introduced since then, but realize I need to be thrifty and save money for printing.

[charjohncarter]

At the moment, I use my Bessa-R the most. That could change, I just had Steve's Camera CLA my IIIf. I want to use it, but I just like that on board meter (Bessa-R).

[Silva Lining]

My EOS 20d - followed by my Leica M3 followed by my Voigtlander R3M

[dostacos]

R2 for the fast lens changes
When the R4M arrives the R will go away

[RayPA]

Lately, my toss-in-the-car (breifcase, jacket pocket) Leica M4-P. It is remarkably reliable and rugged...really. ;)

:)

[pesphoto]

Right now, I'd honestly say my Olympus XA. It goes in my jacket pocket where ever I go lately.

[pachuco]

Canonett QL17 GIII - I can beat it to heck and it still keeps clicking!

[JoeFriday]

Contax T.. same as the guys with the XA's and Minilux's.. it's small enough to always have handy.. and with the hyperfocal markings and the sharp Zeiss optics, it's hard to take a bad photo

[VictorM.]

Rolleiflex 3.5E gets the most day to day use. I've also begun using my IIIf more than I have for a while.

[onespeed]

it's a toss up between my m3 cron' combo and my yashica gt

[Dougg]

Minolta CLE... It’s very compact, innocent and unassuming in appearance, takes M-mount lenses, gracefully handles two of my favorite focal lengths (40 & 28), has AE, and works very well. It’s very easy to have over my shoulder, and when called on to perform, it does the job beautifully. Because it’s a favorite since new, it is most used.

Also a favorite and frequently used is the much newer Bronica RF645. It’s surprisingly discreet too, and quiet, fast to use, and the lenses have about the same fields of view as the 40 & 28 on the Minolta. It has other similarities to the Minolta with its AE and fine RF.

[Harry Lime]

M4

Followed by an M2 and M7.

[scotty smith]

Fujifilm F10. Very small, very quick, and reasonable shots at iso 1600 when needed.

[trittium]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>m2

[gb hill]

I just got an LTX series bag by Tamrac on ebay a few weeks ago. I love this bag. I carry it with me in the truck at work and everywhere else I go. Lately I have been carrying the FED2 with me,but the Canonet gets used the most. Took the Fed5 to our granddaughters house tonight and used it indoors with the canonet flash on it and worked superbly. Lots of fun, I'm gonna take this camera out for a spin tomorrow. Also want to get the Bessa out soon. We have been experiencing some foggy mornings and want to take advantage of it before it goes away with the wide angle lens.

[mw_uio]

Two days ago, I have run into a circuit issue in my F3HP, thus non fuctioning.
And I am determined to get it fixed. It is depressing because I wanted to go out to shoot some E100VS!

I do not own a rangefinder, but maybe in the new year a Yashica or Canonet!

I love my F3HP set to Aperture Priority! :) I am not joking either.


Mark
Quito, EC

[NL2377]

hmm.. depends on the work, but overall, I'd say the M2 gets most of the grunt...

[MikeyGaGa]

I own about 50 cameras,but i always have my Olympus XA 4(28mm lens) with me..

i got it as part of a swap years ago,and never used it because a had a Ricoh R-1,which I bought new in 1998. When the Ricon died,I glommed on to the XA-4

I just shoot 10 rolls of colr negs film in Mexico with Olympus OM-4T and lenses;but the best shots wereom the little clamshell! Wide,sharp,quiet,alway ready to go!


Mikey GaGa

[Alex Krasotkin]

I always take with me Konica Hexar AF. Light, fast, invisible!

[petebarker]

M6 (wetzlar) + rapidwinder + cv 35mm f2.5 M

[Leicabug]

Leica IIIc + 50mm Summitar

[Diomedes]

Yashica 35 GTN

[markinlondon]

This M2 just seems to follow me around.

[willie_901]

Zeiss Ikon M

[mike_j]

Errr--- the dSLR I must confess.

On the film front the Bessa R2 and the Ricoh GR1 fight for pole position.

[Superbus_]

Well, a yashica fx super 2000... But I like to go out with more than one camera and the other one is always a rangefinder (a zorki or a yashica).

[350D_user]

Most used... the 350D. Why? Convenience.

[oscroft]

Olympus OM2n overall (but Bessa-R getting most use right now)

[picturetaker]

The Olympus XA followed by a Canon Elan 7E followed by an Electro GT (distant third at this time.....)

[rogue_designer]

for professional work?
the Horseman VHR - fits my LF lenses, compact, format flexibility (6x7, 6x9 or 4x5), robustness, movements sufficient for most of my subjects.

for personal work?
the Canon P's - bulletproof, no nonsense, great vf, LTM lens selection makes it easy to put top notch glass on, fully opening back keeps me from having to do the three fingered juggling act. Plus they look cool.

[Dougg]

I own about 50 cameras,but i always have my Olympus XA 4(28mm lens) with me.
...
I just shoot 10 rolls of colr negs film in Mexico with Olympus OM-4T and lenses;but the best shots wereom the little clamshell! Wide,sharp,quiet,alway ready to go!Hmmm, "Venus on a Clamshell" :) ... I sure do wish my XA copy, the Elikon from Belarus, were as good, but it's the pits. Looks cool, runs fine, but the severe lens distortion relegates it to 'least used'.

[icemendicant]

Last few weeks it's been my M3 because it is freshly CLAd and I have a new cron 50 DR which I have been playing with.

At the moment I have two modern MPs and the M3 in regular use - the IIIg is waiting to go off for its CLA in the next few months. The choice of camera usually depends on the film I want to use, I keep one body loaded with ISO 3200 for indoor night shots, one loaded with slow fine grain B&W for landscapes and abstracts, and another with BW400CN which lives in my rucksack for just about everything else.

Happy New Year!

Dan

[narsuitus]

I would have to say that the cameras I have used most are the ones I have had to replace due to wear and tear plus use and abuse. Those would include my Nikon F2 SLR and my Mamiya 6x6 twin lens reflex. I have never had to replace a rangefinder for overuse.

[wilt]

All time total: Minox 35 GT/GT-E. Last couple of years: Leica M 3.

[Max Power]

Bessa R3A since I got it last spring. I used to use my X-700 constantly, but the Bessa is so much more compact.

[DMG]

...my eye...

[pvdhaar]

If I'm honest, I use a DSLR and 35-70/2.8 zoom for about 80% of the time, the remaining 20% is with a Bessa-T with 25mm for wide angle shooting..