If you were a camera...

EASmithV

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If you were to be reincarnated as a camera, what would you be?

I'll start with Speed Graphic.

This should be an interesting thread... Please think carefully before you post.
 

glockman99

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I'd have to be a Nikon F3HP since it's my favorite 35mm camera.
 

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hmmm...something kinda cheap and sloppy, not the most high-end camera in the world, yet well made, versatile and capable of producing nice results if you put the time and effort in...I would have to say a Graphic as well. I'd like to be a 2x3 Speed with an RH-8 back, I think...and I would like to be shot by a photojournalist every day, not put on the shelf as a curiosity.

If I had a second choice, it would be a Mamiya Press Super 23. Same basic idea as the 2x3 Speed Graphic, but a bit different.
 
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k_jupiter

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Kalart Press Camera.

Stunningly beautiful,totally advanced for it's time, totally obsolete when made. A great piece of engineering, and less than 5% of them still work.

Kinda like the Fiat of cameras. That's me.

tim in san jose
 

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Exakta VX iia, because that was my first serious camera, and I am kind of old fashioned in a lot of ways.

- Alan -
 

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4x5 film box with a hole poked into it, one sheet of film inside, a lens taped on the outside, and a cardboard flap for a shutter
 

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Nikon FM2; simple, dependable, capable.
 

MattKing

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OM3

Not that I could demand the prices

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A Kodak Instamatic, old ,cheap, obsolescent , and not much good.
 

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OK. It would have to big and loveable. It would have to be able to take some punishment and then come back for more. And have a little bit of an attitude when the situation called for it. I dunni. How about a Fotoman 617.
 

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8x10 Korona View by the Seebold Invisible Camera Company.
 

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Pentax Spotmatic. Simple, efficient, and often overlooked (even in its "day"), but brilliant and reliable.
 

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A Fed II.....

old, unreliable (everything grinds & moans in use), a knockoff of something nice, but spits out a good pic every now & again.

My wife happened by as I was posting this and said.."don't forget to mention your miniature format!" Sheesh...well at least she didn't make quips about having a Polaroid back that lets me finish in a minute!

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