Your Top 5 Favorite Cameras Ever!

[Jdsegra]

1a) Leica M6 TTL .58x
1b) Voigtlander R2A
2) Fuji x100
3) Hasselblad 500C
4) Olympus OM2N

Pretty tempted to put the Bessa R2A on top.. I just bought the M6 .58x. I enjoy shooting it more, but the R2A is much more practical. It's smaller, lighter, has a better meter, better tripod placement, and is WAY easier to load.

That said, the the shutter and film advance isn't as nice, and it's not a Leica.

[samuelphoto]

1) Leica M4 or M6
2) Mamiya 7II
3) Hasselblad 501cm
4) Nikon F3HP
5) XPAN
6) Fujifilm X-pro2

Notice a trend? Digital cameras come and go, the best film cameras endure for generations.

[Jaymz007]

1) Leica M10
2) Leica MP
3) Leica IIIF
4) Mamiya 7II
5) Rollei 35mm

[jlicquia]

Leica M2
Nikon F2AS
Fuji X-100F
Nikon SP
Leica M4

Still have and use all of them.

[kshapero]

Update:
1. all Leica film M's
2. Nikon F meterless
3. Nikon FM2n/FM3a
4. Voigtlander R3M
5. Fuji X-Pro2

[Deklari]

Everybody have a fancy one :-)
my top list:
1. Voigtlander Superb (1934)
2. Leica IIIc (1946)
3. Rollei35s
4. Contax I (1934)
5. Voigtlander Prominent

P.S. I have Leica M3 for 6 month now,.. but it not come on my top list... yet? :-)

[L. M. Tu]

Mine:
(1) Nikon F
(2) Nikon F2
(3) Hasselblad Superwide C
(4) Canon FTB
(5) Canon P

[barnwulf]

My favorite cameras in the order that I bought them.

Nikon F
Leica M3
Leica M6
Nikon S3
Sony NEX 7
Sony A7r

If I were to cut this list down to two cameras it would be:

Leica M6
Sony A7r

- jim

[rulnacco]

Sorry! Forgot I'd posted a while back in this thread. I'll let that one stand.

[ncc1701]

Leica M3
Leica M240
Fuji GF670
Rolleiflex T
Ricoh Gr1v

[photocrazy]

Leica MP
Leica M246
Rolleiflex F2.8/3.5
Nikon F2AS
Hasselbad 503/501/500

[rbiemer]

My top 5 in no particular order:
Pentax UC-1
Zorki 3m
Bessa R
Minolta Maxxum 7
Arax 60

Rob

[ian_watts]

I've owned quite a few camera bodies over the years but not so many different types. Presumably my favourite cameras are the ones that I now currently own (on the basis that if other models were my favourites I'd buy those back in preference to what I have). Therefore, my favourite cameras are what I have:

1. Leica M-A
2. Nikon D810

[dmr]

Ok, I'll play ...

In no particular order ...

Mamiya Super Deluxe rangefinder
Canon GIII rangefinder
Pentax K1000
Pentax Spotmatic
Pentax MX

That's five.

[creenus]

• Leica M2
• Leica M6
• Olympus OM-1
• Olympus OM-4ti
• Diana

[Robert.M]

- Contax G2
- Zeiss Ikonta 521
- Ensign Selfix 16-20
- Voigtlander Vitessa N
- Voigtlander Perkeo II

[NickTrop]

1. Nikon D5300
2. Iskra MF Russian Folder
3. Vivitar V3800
4. Fujica Compact Deluxe
5. Yashica GSN

[carbo73]

In no particular order:


1)Exakta Varex

2)Leica III
3)Kodak No.3 Folding Pocket
4)FED-2
5)Vest Pocket Kodak

[jsrockit]

Ok... as of 8/22/18:

Leica M6
Nikon Df
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm X-E3
Ricoh GR

Honorable mentions:

Leica Minilux
Contax T2
Leica M9
Leica X1
Contax G1
Sony A7R
Fujifilm X100 series

Originally Posted by jsrockit

Ok... as of 1/7/18:

Leica M6
Nikon Df
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm X-T2
Ricoh GR

Honorable mentions:

Leica Minilux
Leica M9
Leica X1
Contax G1
Sony A7R

[NaChase]

Leica M6
Leica M5
Leica M3
Mamiya 7II
Nikon 28Ti

[DMA1965]

1) Leica M6 TTL
2) Rollei 35 Classic
3) Mamiya 7II
4) Nikon F and F2
5) Leitz Minolta CL
6) Nikon SP

[Tim Murphy]

Nikon Ftn
Canon F-1
Minolta Weathermatic 35
Olympus TG 810
Canon EOS 1D Mark3

Regards,

Tim Murphy

Harrisburg, PA

[besk]

In terms of actual use (favorite list is very different.)

1) Nex3n/Robot Xanagon 30/3.5
2) Nikon N75
3) Busch Pressman 4x5
4) Crown Graphic 2 1/4 x 3 1/2
5) Leica M6

[Montag006]

And my favorites...

The order is subject to change...

i) Leica M2
ii) Hasselblad SWC
iii) Nikon F2
iv) Nikon F
v) Hasselblad 500C

[KEVIN-XU 愛 forever]

i) Leica M series (M3,M9,M10)
ii) Rolleiflex 3.5F/2.8F
iii) Nikon SP
iv) Hasselblad 501cm
v) Konica RF


Actually, there are more, like Ricoh GR is also one of my favorite.

[coogee]

1. Rolleiflex 2.8
2. Leica M-A
3. Olympus XA
4. Rollei 35
5. SWC/M

#1 and #2 could easily be different variants of the same family of cameras.
#3 could be the XA4, I went with the aperture priority model to differentiate against the fiddly but wonderful scale focus Rollei 35. Some of my favourite prints are just grab shots from this camera (with the Tessar lens.)

All the chosen cameras, for me, have their appeal at least partly rooted in their simplicity of use and limited number of options on offer. Even the M-A is really about just sticking a 35mm or 50mm on there, 400 speed film and best guess everything.

#5 is the only Hasselblad I'll ever enjoy using.

I've never ever even held a Nikon. I really should look into that someday

[Niko]

Mamiya 7, favourite by far, i´ve had mine for 13 years now
XPan
Olympus XA -series, i like any of these, currently use XA4
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s
Nikonos V

[Abbazz]

1. Fujica G690 with 180mm Fujinon TS lens
2. Pre-WWII Voigtländer Bessa "RF" with 105mm Heliar lens
3. Rolleiflex T with 75mm Tessar lens
4. Konishiroku Koniflex TLR with 85mm Hexanon lens
5 Canon Prima AS-1 (Sure Shot A-1/Autoboy D5) with 32mm Canon lens.

Cheers!

Abbazz

[PCR]

1. Leica M4
2. Nikon F2
3. OM3T
4.Rolleiflex 3,5F
5. Mamiya 6

[lawrence]

Originally Posted by lawrence

• Leica M6TTL .58
• Zeiss Ikon ZM
• Nikon FM2
• Nikon D700
• Olympus XA

UPDATE! A couple of years on and I've decided I prefer the Olympus OM2n to the Nikon FM2, so it now goes:

• Leica M6TTL .58
• Zeiss Ikon ZM
• Olympus OM2n
• Nikon D700
• Olympus XA

[muser53]

I'll have a go:
1) Leica M3
2) Leica M7
3) Rolleiflex 3.5F
4) Nikon F3 HP
5) Nikon FM2N
These fill all my needs and more.

[Dralowid]

Leica M (film)
Ricoh GR1 (film)
Leica ltm
Konica Pop
Leicaflex SLMOT

...I don't have the Ricoh or the Konica anymore, the Ricoh was excellent but I may be viewing the Konica Pop through rose tinted glasses.

[Hibbs]

1. Leica M3
2. Hexar RF
3. Olympus OM2
4. Olympus Pen FV
5. Canon P

Honourable Mention:
Fuji 6X7 Rangefinder

[Hogarth Ferguson]

1| Fuji GF670w
2| Hasselblad 501c (or cm when I can afford it)
3| Fuji GF670
4| Rolleiflex 2.8D
5| Nikon F3

[nickthetasmaniac]

In no particular order:
- Leica M2
- Pentax MX
- Minolta Autocord
- Ricoh GR
- Olympus E3

[Pentudlian]

In alphabetical order:

Konica C35V
Leica IIIB
Olympus 35RC
Pentax MX
Voigtlander Vito B.

[mdx]

1) Leica M6 TTL
2) Rolleiflex E 2.8
3) Leica III
3) Hasselblad 500CM
4) Nikon F3

[intheviewfinder]

1) Canon A1

The rest are all secondary. There were the pre-A1 cameras, Leica, Yashica Mamiya and Minolta. A Hassey I used around the same time-frame. Then the smattering of digital Nikons and Fujis follow the A1. None compete with the at-oneness I had with the A1. Everything else had/has it's quirks and foibles.

Also reading through the thread I can kind of guess your age by the cameras you favored.

[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.