If You Had to Pick Two Cameras..

[fstop]

Yes



No

My choice not yours, everyone forgets Leica made very good SLRs

 

[Arbitrarium]

Good to see so many people choosing Olympus for their SLR choice.

Currently only really shooting with two cameras anyway, so I'll go with:

Olympus OM1n. Small, light, lovely lenses, good looks.
Kodak Retina II. Pocket-sized, amazing lens, can beat people to death with it.

 

[djk]

Minolta xd11 and Minolta Autocord
or
Canon EOS-1n RS and Bronica ETRSi

 

[Theo Sulphate]

By format...

...Subminiature:

......Pentax Auto 110 SLR
......Minox III (8x11mm)

...35mm:

......Nikon F2 (meterless)
......Leica M3

...Medium format:

...... Mamiya RB67 Pro S
...... Fuji GW690III

...Large format:

...... Pacemaker Speed Graphic
...... Sinar F1

All but the Pentax 110 will survive an enemy EMP. I choose the RB67 because I prefer 6x7 and I like its macro capability and revolving back.

Aside from the little Pentax SLR, these are all 100% mechanical, 100% manual cameras.

 

[sportster44]

I'd go with the F-1N, and my RZ67.

If just 35mm then the F-1N, and Leica M4-P

 

[mhanc]

very easy... several years ago i sold down my collection and now have only two cameras [and an RF body that i am having trouble parting with].

nikkormat ft3 w/ 50mm f1.8
rolleiflex 3.5f planar

however, this thread is really causing my GAS to flare up...

 

[E. von Hoegh]

Nikon F2, Deardorff V8, based on utility.

Contax II, Linhof ST IV, based on sentiment.

 

[teejay]

Hmmm..this is tricky ! I'd go with one 35mm and one MF, so I'd choose:

F3HP and leave the M6
RB67 and leave the 500CM, 500EL, C330

 

[Jason Berge]

Fuji GX680III
Sinar F1

 

[FujiLove]

Mamiya 6: Go anywhere, travel camera. Quick to use, light weight, built in meter.
Hasselblad 503: Everything else.

 

[ac12]

As much as I do not like to think about it, this thread will become relevant when I finally downsize to move.
The current house is much bigger than the house we will retire into.
So a LOT of my "stuff" has to be sold off.
So which of my X cameras of various formats from 35mm to 6x6 to 4x5 to keep, and which of my 5 enlargers to keep?

 

[Finny]

downsize from all my over 15 cams to only 2 of them...
I will keep my M4 and my Minolta XD7/XD11 ... and the Pentax MX, the R7, the 500CM, the F3 of course and ....

 

[Grif]

My film camera choice
Nikon Ftn
Retina late model without the meter. IIc? It's a shelf queen in my mancave ;-)
I'd shoot both of these

I get to sell stuff to get a different film camera?
Nikon Ftn
Mamiya C33
I'd be shooting the C33

Off Topic: Does it need to be film?
Nikon Ftn
Nikon D7200
I'm shooting the D7200 and foundling the Ftn a couple of times a month.

I've had the Ftn since about 1970 give or take. I'll get my son to sit it on my casket. I'll have another Mamiya C33x at some point. Loved the C33 I had while my buddy was on the Asian senior trip in the late 60s.

 

[trondareo]

The Nikon FE I bought for art college in 1987, and still love, and the Mamiya 7 I just got.
Do I get to have all the best lenses?

 

[David T T]

Ok I added a Canon EOS 1N to my RB67 and Olympus XA, and I freaking love it, so I am possibly changing to the RB67 and the EOS 1N. Still, what about stealth/espionage?

Wait, got it! I'll go with my new choice, and smuggle my XA in my pocket.

 

[naaldvoerder]

RTS III

Rollei SL66

 

[Paul Howell]

Mamyia Universal and Minolta 9.

 

[jim10219]

If it's limited to film, then my Anniversary Speed Graphic and Sinar F1. It helps that they can share lenses.

If I have to have an SLR, then I'd probably take my Pentax Super Program. I know it's not many people's favorite, but love it!

 

[BayG75]

If I follow the original parameters of the thread - 35mm, one SLR and one 'other' - I would choose my Nikon FE2 (my main film camera for the past 35 years) and my Kodak Retina IIc.

Two 35mm SLRs would be the FE2 and an F2.

Two different formats would be the FE2 and a Zeiss Ikon 524/16.

 

[mrosenlof]

hasselblad 500 series

KB Canham 5x7.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

If you were to take just two cameras out of your collection an SLR and any other type what would you go with?

Hasselblad 501c and a Nikon FM.

 

[RattyMouse]

Fujifilm GF670
Fujifilm GF670W

90% of my shots come from these two cameras so I could live with only them easily.

 

[Ces1um]

Pentax k1000. I could live without all my others. That should entitle me to take more lenses with me than the rest of you though. I'm gonna take four.

 

[CMoore]

If it's limited to film, then my Anniversary Speed Graphic and Sinar F1. It helps that they can share lenses.

If I have to have an SLR, then I'd probably take my Pentax Super Program. I know it's not many people's favorite, but love it!

Well.....Fortunately for you..."Many People" do not get to choose for you.
That is a Great/Interesting component of posts like this.....it reminds a person of how many Great Cameras were made, even though they might not have been considered a "Great Camera" in their day.

If the camera is functioning properly, i will go with Talent/Ability over gear every time.

 

[one90guy]

Easy for me, Canon P and hmm. Really can not pick a second, having sold off a lot of equipment the rest are all favorites. Finale answer


David