Fun...Fun...Fun

[freeranger]

What camera would you reach for, just for the fun of using it?








For me its the Bessa R every time.

[Tuolumne]

Bessa-T. My favorite by far right now. It is a hoot to shoot.

/T

[pesphoto]

right now, it's my XA. Goes everywhere.

[freeranger]

Originally Posted by Tuolumne

Bessa-T. My favorite by far right now. It is a hoot to shoot.

/T

I have a snapshot skopar that is begging for a permanent home on one of these. Must ...reach.. for ..the.. bicarbonate...

[Tuolumne]

Originally Posted by freeranger

I have a snapshot skopar that is begging for a permanent home on one of these. Must ...reach.. for ..the.. bicarbonate...

I put a CV 15mm on mine and can't take it off. What a great street and candid shooter!

/T

[shadowfox]

My black Olympus OM-1.

Yes, it's an "Honorary Rangefinder"

[brachal]

Fed3! although the Bessa-R is great too.

[micromontenegro]

Pentax A110... pity the labs around here nowadays do such an horrendous job with 110 films.

[ferider]

Originally Posted by shadowfox

My black Olympus OM-1.

Yes, it's an "Honorary Rangefinder"

You know I agree.

They are all pretty ... But the OM-1 and M3 do win on the fun/fumbling
side for me ... So different and yet so similar.

Roland.

[johnny9fingers]

since you asked for favorite camera, no contest, my new Hexar AF. I'm not sure what it is. Not a rangefinder, and much more than a point and shoot. But it IS a true joy for taking pictures.

[DMG]

to be honest...my bronica and yashica win everytime, even over the leica and the bessa...there's just something dreamy about medium format slides (and I just bought a whole load of velvia50 too)

[Stephanie Brim]

For simple pleasure, my folding Agfa 6x9 camera. No rangefinder on that one.

For simplicity and that crappy camera glow, my Lex35. It has been lost somewhere, though, and that greatly saddens me. I'm going to get another one.

For a walk, my Kiev 4.

[rbiemer]

Zorki 3m is my favorite shooter. Close second, the Arax 60 and Arsat 30mm lens.
Rob

[foto_fool]

Right now it is the R-D1 with the 40mm Summicron-C. When my new Upstraps come in it could well be the Contax G1 with the 21mm/2.8 'cause I love the lens. Call me a wussy but I have more fun shooting when I don't have to do ALL the work - AF not necessary but AE is.

- John

[MelanieC]

Originally Posted by ferider

They are all pretty ... But the OM-1 and M3 do win on the fun/fumbling
side for me ... So different and yet so similar.

I feel the same way about the same two cameras.

But, in terms of "most fun" I think it might be my Rollei.

I carry a camera all of the time -- either my M3, my OM-1, or my LX2 -- and just take pictures whenever. (I will admit that lately I carry my OM-1 or the LX2 more often than the M3 simply because they weigh SO MUCH LESS... the M3 is like an anvil in my shoulder bag.)

When I am going out specifically to "do photography," though, I find that I usually reach for the Rolleiflex.

[Michael I.]

yashicamat

[fishtek]

Right now, the Bessa R. That's partly because I'm still learning its foibles, and my ability to respond correctly to them. I also, however, REALLY enjoy my Canon 300D and any of the half-dozen lenses I have for it. Form follows function, eh? Of course, my Canon 10s SLR is lotsa fun, and my newly-acquired Vivitar 35S is tiny, auto-exposes, and produces nice negatives.

Sigh.....

[Wayne R. Scott]

Gray Baby Rolleiflex TLR just for fun (and good quality photos if I do my part),

Wayne

[erikhaugsby]

My M2. Any other camera I buy ends up going into disrepair because my M2 is just that perfect.

[nikon_sam]

For "Fun" I'll go with the Yashicamat 124g.

[dnk512]

Minolta Autocord

[George Bonanno]

Hands down... it's my IIIf with the 50mm Elmar !

It always gets the snap... preloaded and preset !

Well, sometimes anyway.

Best,
George

[colyn]

I'd have to say one of my IIIc's and either the 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar or the 35mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar.

A present I have one fitted with the 50mm f/1.5 Nokton. That lens is huge on the IIIc!!!

[amateriat]

Most everything I have is fun. For carefree Fun, the go-to camera, until it was dropped (and repair is delayed again, due to other priorities, but it's going to happen) would be my Ricoh GR1: its size/weight-to-quality ratio is scary-high, and taking it along – anytime, anywhere – has always been a no-brainer. in its OpTech belt pouch (with just enough room for an extra roll as well), it's my almost-unnoticed companion. And, it will be back.



- Barrett

[charjohncarter]

Forty-five years with the same IIIf and the 50mm Elmar has to means something. But for P&S situations, my fifteen year old Olympus Stylus Infinity, I've glued it together and it doesn't have its face plate: it still works and well.