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View Poll Results: How many of your cameras are your "favorite" one.
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One. It is the only camera I own.
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One. There can only be one "favorite."
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More than one. (But the others don't know it.)
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None. I don't pick favorites.
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06-07-2012
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How many "favorite" cameras do you have?
I have several cameras that are my "favorites."
There's my first real camera, the Olympus OM-1MD. But the Olympus OM-4Ti ranks right up there, too. And of course the Rolleiflex 2.8E. The Leica M3 double-stroke is working its way to the top. The list goes on.
Am I alone in this madness?
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mathomas is offline
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All my cameras are my "favorites". Seems like I can never sell any.
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06-07-2012
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Keith is online now
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Just one! 
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flickr ... currently all images from the DP2M
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Crazy Fedya is offline
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All of them Just love'em. Seriously.
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sreed2006 is offline
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I am going to go on a trip in a couple months, and have been trying to decide which cameras and lenses to take along.
I've narrowed down the list to my favorite cameras and lenses, and the list is too long - my car is too small for all that equipment plus my luggage.
How does one decide what to take and what to leave behind? Thank goodness they don't have feelings to get hurt.
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You're not alone. I don't have a lot of cameras, but the ones I do are all quite different (rangefinder, SLR, different film formats) so not really comparable. I like them all.
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35mm: Rollei 35 SE, Leica M4-P
MF : Bronica RF645, Ercona II, Franka Solida IIIe
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Street Shooter
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I love them all... except those I hate. But I have no favourite.
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Leica M6 Classic, Canon 5D, Konica Autoreflex T, Polaroid Automatic Land Cameras, Multiple Holgas and Diana.
http://mistersylvestre.com/
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Jordan Dickinson
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Love my M7/MP/M6 TTL, all for different reasons...
M7-Easy breezy and great for low-light shooting and metering.
M6-It's a .58x mag, so it's perfect for my 28mm/35mm days
MP- just plain beautiful and lovely to use. Like my M6, but prettier
Loving my wet plate cameras the most recently, and just love shooting the process. Currently shooting a Shen Hao 4x5 (modern and convenient), and a Century 8x10" studio camera with Perken Son and Rayment lens from about 100 years ago.. I love the craftsmanship of the Century cam. Wood and brass from years ago still with plenty of llfe in them.
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Have different cameras which I all use, but the favorite one can only be an M-mount camera and precisely the Hexar RF.
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Have four film and two digital and love them all.
Some days love the 35 mm film, others the Medium Format Film, then on another day it can be digital.
Different horses for different courses.
If you have more than on child, can you love just one? . . . . . only have a favorite?
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Life is Grand! ~~~ Dan ~ M9, M6 TTL & MP ~ Mamiya 7 II ~ GF1 ~ K5IIs
~ Rolleiflex f3.5 with Carl Zeiss 75mm Planar (type 4) ~
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06-08-2012
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Favourite 35mm RF... 35mm SLR... MF RF... DSLR... where would it end???  |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by seakayaker1
Have four film and two digital and love them all.
Some days love the 35 mm film, others the Medium Format Film, then on another day it can be digital.
Different horses for different courses.
If you have more than on child, can you love just one? . . . . . only have a favorite?
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If I took a family trip I would never think of leaving one of the kids behind, so I would own (or borrow) a car big enough to hold all the kids. The trouble is, they'd have to sit on the camera cases if I took all the camera gear along too.
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i favour a certain camera at a certain period, then i favour another camera at another time, and on & on & on...
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All of them.
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Invisible Cities
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I only have two, but both are favorites |
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Two - my M3 (that I rescued) and my Nikon FE (which I bought aged 17 so have had it for nearly 30 years now)
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1 favorite right now (X-Pro 1), but I have two new cameras coming my way, so....
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RFicianado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mathomas
All my cameras are my "favorites". Seems like I can never sell any.
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I've sold off the ones that weren't my favorites. Of course, I did buy back a Mamiya 7II... |
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06-08-2012
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Dad Photographer
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My favorite camera is the M3, followed closely by the M6 and the Hexar RF and the Canon P and the Rolleiflex 2.8D and then the cute Zeiss Tenax II and the Konica IIIM and the Tele Rollei and then maybe the Leica IIIf and who knows what else ....
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06-08-2012
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Moderator – Not Monk
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mathomas
All my cameras are my "favorites". ...
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I buy only what I like, and sell what I don't use. So anything I have is a favorite for one reason or another. |
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06-08-2012
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Don't call me Ron
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I love all of them. But if you want a list:
1. My brassed yet dignified Nikon FM. Intuitive, smooth as silk, totally reliable.
2. My beautiful Yashica Mat 124. Iffy film advance and all. Nothing I have ever used makes sharper pictures.
3. My well used Olympus Mju-II. For all its cutesy. tiny, plasticky point & shootness, the tech built into it truly places it in a class of its own.
What, no rangefinders?!? No Leica?!? No. My M2 is a beautiful jewel, scratches, dings and all, and the matching Summicron DR is probably my favorite lens. But as a camera it is too heavy and has proven to be too fragile in use. Many people here are obviously completely devoted to rangefinders but I'd take my FM over any Leica, any time.
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Favorites may also mean the ones we do not want to part with for any reason. My cameras have been purchased through the decades and lived with me through... Today the majority of them I use maybe once or twice a year; but when it comes to selling some of them somehow an excuse "arises" overweighing monetary returns as if selling some parts of my my past.
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One: Leica M2. The trick is to have two of them! ;-)
Greetings, Ljós
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06-09-2012
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No vacation is complete without at least one film companion (to my 5d2). Usually it is a GA645Zi, but must have a go with the GW690II soon |
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Favourite beer? Favourite Scotch?
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