Best-built SLR with great metering?

[Huss]

If the Hasselblad mirror slaps were not a myth, the mirror slap would have vibrated the fat away.

You, fortunately or unfortunately, have achieved harmonic consonance with that thunder clap.

 

[Sirius Glass]

You, fortunately or unfortunately, have achieved harmonic consonance with that thunder clap.

The loud shutter makes a stand and says: I have arrived!

 

[guangong]

The Leicaflex SL fails the weight stipulation, but I have found the limited measuring circle accurate and easy to use.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

Mirror slam, weight, light measuring, accuracy; so many great work has been done with dinosaurs, amongst one like this, and others who ware even more 'primitive'...
I think that an 'elementary' camera forces the photographer to draw on his knowledge and skills, which is also very grateful once a good result is achieved.
Aren't we a little spoiled?

 

[Huss]

Mirror slam, weight, light measuring, accuracy; so many great work has been done with dinosaurs, amongst one like this, and others who ware even more 'primitive'...
I think that an 'elementary' camera forces the photographer to draw on his knowledge and skills, which is also very grateful once a good result is achieved.
Aren't we a little spoiled?


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Get outta here with your auto aperture stop down and instant return mirror.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

Get outta here with your auto aperture stop down and instant return mirror.

Yes, Huss, you are right, these two features are already luxurious compared to many other camera's from that era, and even the availability of a light sensitive emulsion coated on a clear and easy to manipulate base, ware...
Looking at the magnificent seascapes by Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), I realise that now days, with all our (analoge-) technology and artistic insights, it's not that evident to achieve this high level of quality, even though we are so spoiled...