That's tough too, as I just got this last week for $15 (lens not included) and it works perfectly. And will stand up to reliable cameras at any price point.
A more meaningful question might be "which is the most reliable camera at a given price point?"
I meant at the original price point, obviously. The market for film cameras in 2016 is very different from 1965 to 1995. Today a compact Japanese fixed lens rangefinder might be worth as much as a top of the range SLR priced eight times more in the 1970s.That's tough too, as I just got this last week for $15 (lens not included) and it works perfectly.
... There are some that have not, in my experience, aged well because of materials issues, or whatever. They tend to be all Exakta, the Minolta SRT line, Petri and a few others that do not come to mind at the moment.
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I can't tell if you're serious, but I'll assume not. People like to make fun of the C3 because of its ugliness and ubiquity, and perhaps because it was intended for the average person to use. But have you ever picked up a C3, the youngest of which are 50 years old, and had it not work?
"Lifetime guarantee" means they were impregnated with a deadly poison that was ingested through the skin guaranteeing the buyer doesn't live long enough to collect on itArgus of course as it is the only one that I am aware of that offered a Lifetime guarantee . . .
If you could rank the all the major camera manufacturers in terms of quality and reliability with 1 being the highest, what would your list be?
The C3 lens is a clone of the Leitz Elmar. Draw your own conclusion from that.I wonder what the lens quality was like on the C3.
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all major brands have great cameras. so a list it just pointless opition for the most part. Should be out using those great cameras rather then talking about them.
Some such SLRs are good, such as the AE-1, but I suggest avoiding some others such as Minolta's X-series
The C3 lens is a clone of the Leitz Elmar. Draw your own conclusion from that.
They are both variants of the Cooke triplet.I thought the Leitz Elmar was a 4 element and the Arugs 50mm was a 3 element based on the Cooke?
They are both variants of the Cooke triplet.
But not a clone, Argus designed it own lens, I have a C33 and it's 50mm is a nice lens and underrated.
I can't tell if you're serious, but I'll assume not. People like to make fun of the C3 because of its ugliness and ubiquity, and perhaps because it was intended for the average person to use. But have you ever picked up a C3, the youngest of which are 50 years old, and had it not work?
In a lot of ways the C3 epitomizes American engineering of its period, reliable, serviceable, and designed to be used, rather than admired. Mechanically they are simple, unsophisticated machines. While it would be hyperbole to praise their design as minimalist, simplicity is their strength, since there's not much to go wrong.
I don't know of any real bad camera brand but I know about a bunch of good once.Buy the one who's feature you like and then buy the best glass you can afford for it.If you could rank the all the major camera manufacturers in terms of quality and reliability with 1 being the highest, what would your list be?
This is the 35mm Cameras and Accessories forumThat's easy. It would be most large format cameras. No electronics, no mirrors, no focal plane shutters, no film advances, etc.
Next to that would probably be the Mamiya TLR's.
Of course I'm talking quality with the best reliability.
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