Most beautiful Nikon

[Arklatexian]

The SP

+1......Like the idiot that I am, I sold mine years ago. It was promptly stolen from the person that I sold it to. The thief had good taste..........Regards!

 

[StepheKoontz]

SP is to me the best looking Nikon ever made.

 

[abruzzi]

While I like the Nikon rangefinders, it’s hard for me to consider their aesthetics independently because they look like a Contax clone. (Which of course they are.)

 

[alentine]

The lady that can replace all men!

 

[macfred]

I voted the F plain prism but my EL2 was a beauty too ...

 

[macfred]

Forgot to mention - I always had a sweet spot for the EM ...

 

[blockend]

I'd favor either the lovely S2 or the plain prism F.

Agreed. Both are flawed operationally, but aesthetically sublime.

 

[BMbikerider]

Currently it is my almost pristine Nikon F6

 

[sterioma]

F3 (and F4).

 

[StepheKoontz]

While I like the Nikon rangefinders, it’s hard for me to consider their aesthetics independently because they look like a Contax clone. (Which of course they are.)

And the SLR's were an Exakta clone...

 

[voceumana]

I appreciate the simple elegance of the FM2n that I own--I suspect I'd like the others in the same series as well. Mine is black.

 

[Vincent Peri]

I have to vote for the F3 also.

 

[abruzzi]

And the SLR's were an Exakta clone...

I'm curious, which one? they don't look remotely like any Exacta I've ever seen, but then I'm far from an Exacta expert.

 

[benjiboy]

To me the Nikon F with eyelevel prism in black.

 

[Les Sarile]

And the SLR's were an Exakta clone...

Can't say I've heard this before. I believe Nikon stated the F was built on the Nikon RF which i suppose by extension makes it a Contax clone . . .

 

[Pieter12]

The lady that can replace all men!
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Pease remove the sticker that is disfiguring that gorgeous camera!

 

[vlasta]

... but my EL2 was a beauty too ...
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Took word from my mouth !!!

 

[Huss]

My AF600 is stunning. Otherwise the S2/S3/S4.
For SLRs I have all those already mentioned but the only one that if Nikon introduced right now as a contemporary manual SLR that still looks completely up to date is the F3. That design really is ageless. And gorgeous.

 

[George Mann]

What, no love for the stunningly gorgeous N90S?

I love mine.

 

[George Mann]

I voted the F plain prism but my EL2 was a beauty too ...

The EL series is as handsome, rugged and capable as Nikon has made.

 

[BobD]

Yesterday I voted for the SP and this morning I found one at an estate sale with 50/1.4 for a whopping $35.
(It does have cosmetic issues and slow speeds don't work but the lens cap is probably worth more than what I paid for the camera)

 

[Kino]

Yesterday I voted for the SP and this morning I found one at an estate sale with 50/1.4 for a whopping $35.
(It does have cosmetic issues and slow speeds don't work but the lens cap is probably worth more than what I paid for the camera)

Wow, that's a great buy!

 

[NB23]

Nikon S2 Black Paint, by far!

Then, SP Black Paint!

Then, S3 Black Paint!

Then S4.

Then, Black F.

...

 

[CMoore]

It is kind of amazing how little (did it show at all) the F2 was mentioned and how often the F3 and F4 were lauded.













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[Swordman]

Nikon F2 in black with plain prism. Also, the F2 titan.
I don't own one yet, I have the FM2n, which for photographic purposes is a better camera, but there's something about the F2.