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08-14-2012
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Originally Posted by gavinlg
Current digital cult cameras:
- GRD series
- Canon 5d
- Epson R-d1
- Possibly the kodak DCS-14n
Future digital cult cameras:
- Fujifilm x100
- Leica M9
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I agree that the 5D will likely make it to cult-land. It continues to be such a great camera when compared to anything made before or since. It definitely holds it own!
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08-14-2012
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Originally Posted by bugmenot
Almost nobody uses digital cameras from the 90's for example.
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True. Digital cameras are the new disposable cameras. Despite the price, they're just things to use temporarily until the next better model comes along.
A single film camera has served me for over 25 years. I've gone through more than ten dslrs and mirrorless cameras in the last six years. I've no special attachment to them. Buy, use, and give away. I cant even sell them. They fetch such insultingly low offers that I rather just give the cameras away to deserving people.
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08-14-2012
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True. Digital cameras are the new disposable cameras. Despite the price, they're just things to use temporarily until the next better model comes along.
A single film camera has served me for over 25 years. I've gone through more than ten dslrs and mirrorless cameras in the last six years. I've no special attachment to them. Buy, use, and give away. I cant even sell them. They fetch such insultingly low offers that I rather just give the cameras away to deserving people.
Perhaps a future digital camera cult classic will be a Samsung phone.
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This pretty much says it... its going to be difficult for any digital camera to achieve cult status. But I think a few have been mentioned here that might do so. I'm thinking the RD1, the Leica Monochrome (assuming they never build another version), and maybe the Canon 5D.
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08-14-2012
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I don't think we can ever talk "cult" status in terms of tens of years after when it comes to digital cameras. That's just my opinion. Almost nobody uses digital cameras from the 90's for example.
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Exactly! And its really sad, at least to those of us that lived in the era when cult film cameras were passed down from generation to generation. I don't think we'll ever see that again. 
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cult = cool = cool people. I think the only one that qualifies is the iPhone.
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Don't forget the 5d was out at about two years before the d700, was the first affordable full frame body, and noise performance was only a stop worse.
The 5d is also known for color - wedding photographers often refer to it as the classic wedding camera for it's colors/tones.
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Yes but it's a Canon! (ducking)
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08-14-2012
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++ GRD & GXR. But maybe that's b/c I'm so happy with each of mine (which by now operate naturally in hand almost apart from rational/logical considerations).
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08-14-2012
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Early Petax DSLR's - istD, istDS and istDS2 for their pentaprism enhanced viewfinders. istD even has top mounted LCD for shooting parameters and PC socket. Sure there are later cameras also good at this but three particular models still keep the price.
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08-14-2012
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Interesting topic Jamie
Sony R1 and now the RX100
Panasonic GF 1 and LX 3
Ricoh GXR w/ A12 M module
Fuji X100
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My personal cult is Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D with the knobs, dials and extensive manual control it feels like a film camera shooting digital. It's still my only digital camera and I have no intention of upgrading it to any other DSLR. I really don't feel any need to do so.
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08-14-2012
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Perhaps the forerunner of the Sony R1 - the DSC-F717. Quirky and fun. Has a real following modified for IR work.
by Thegreenj (Own work), from Wikimedia Commons
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How about the NikoFujis - The S2,S3,S5Pro. They seem to have retained a following for their color renditions in people photography.
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08-14-2012
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Finepix F601 Zoom, vertical camera styled by (or with help of) F. A. Porsche. Probably some precursors of 601Z, too.
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08-14-2012
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From the ones I've used and some I still have:
Pentax istD*
Fujifilm Pro S3
Kodak 14nx (same as SLR/n)
Kodak C375 (point n shoot with great output)
Nikon D700
GF1
One digital cult classic I want to try is RD-1. I just wish it was at least 12 mp.
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08-14-2012
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Epson RD-1, hands down winner.
Fuji X100-a design classic,quirky but beautiful.
Panasonic LC1/Digilux2-Analog layout (again) and a fantastic lens.
Dark horse- Ricoh GRX
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08-15-2012
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I doubt if models still in production, at least ones produced for less than 10 years, can be named a classic. X100 I mean. Interesting models, no less, but - classic? After 10 years, no objections.
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08-15-2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by texchappy
How about the NikoFujis - The S2,S3,S5Pro. They seem to have retained a following for their color renditions in people photography.
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Fuji S2 - Awesome Fuji digital circuitry. Wonderful colors in OOC JPGS that Nikon could not match in the D100. Soft and low noise shutter. Otherwise built inside a dreadful cheaply built Nikon F80/N80 battery sucking body. A real shame that Fuji did not have a better Nikon body to put their circruitry into.
S2 after free sensor replacement came back even more battery hungry. In certain countries, Fuji never issued a general recall and only replaced the sensor "as a favor" when the camera was sent in for other reasons. |
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I am surprised that the Nikon D40 hasn't got a vote. The D40 is still actively spoken about on Nikon forums as a great starter DSLR. It was my first DSLR, and I wish I had kept it. Easy to use, good JPEG SOOC. If I still had mine, it would be my oversize p&s.
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Olympus 5060 / 7070
Tough, full of features, bright lens, great IQ
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08-15-2012
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The epson rd-1, Canon 5d, fuji x100.
Also, the fujifilm x pro-1 is probably going to be a cult. If you look around, lot of digital leica owners are opting to go with the fuji instead.. that's something!
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Sony f717, Canon 300D
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As new models/updates come every year, talking about series would make sense. I am thinking about the Olympus Pen or the Sigma DP.
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Leica M8. Truly. Fuji X Series.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astro8
Leica Digilux 2/Panasonic DMC-LC1 has it's fans.
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Absolutely!
A very cultish camera. (Mine is done in red leather  ) |
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This is not a Fuji Xpro1. |
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