Most tactile camera to use

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Rolleicord v and hasselblad, hold them in the left hand and all controls with the right hand.
 

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My first choice would be a Rolleiflex TLR
After that I can think of several that might deserve second place.
 

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OM-1n and Rolleicord Va.
 

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Gandolfi Precision 10x8 (and close is Gandolfi 7x5). - Then Rolleiflex SL66E
 

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I suspect it's whatever one's been using the longest, so for me it's the Canon New F-1, but there's something to be said for the Graflex SLR, which is just so simple once you've set the exposure, and then it's just frame-focus, and shoot, and all the controls are where your hands need to be to support the camera. I realized this when my son was a toddler and I was using my Bronica S2A, and I'd been playing with the setup, first settling on the chimney finder instead of a prism or waist level, and then swapping the helical for a rack-and-pinion bellows, and I realized I'd just turned it into a medium format version of a Graflex SLR, so I switched to the 5x7" Press Graflex, and got some of my best toddler photos ever, and they make beautiful contact prints.
 

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Agreed, every single camera is tactile. Perhaps we mean most ergonomic instead?
 

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Tactile? No contest: my iphone. I keep on fiddling with that tactile screen.
 
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Agreed, every single camera is tactile. Perhaps we mean most ergonomic instead?

No, not ergonomic. How about tactility (best to feel and handle)?
 

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Well, one of the wildlife photographers I value the most said that a Leicfalex SL camera gives him the best sensory feedback. I tend to agree with him.
 
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The nikon f3, man that buttery smooth wind on, interestingly enough the most affordable em was just as smooth. Single digit oms are also nice not as smooth though but a really great fit in the hand and all the settings where they ought to be. Zeiss ikon is also amazing to operate, the shutter release on it is truly smooth in feel, travel distance and finally actuation when it trips.


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No, not ergonomic. How about tactility (best to feel and handle)?

There aren't degrees of tactility; you can either touch something or you cannot.

Anyway, without getting anymore pedantic, I understand what you're saying.
 

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couldnt agree more. easy to hold perfectly weighted pleasure to use ... Ife almost bought a 57 twice but lack of will, and a bagmag and the holdersipehunt held me at arms length
 

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After 30+ years of use the Minolta X700 feels very natural in my hands. I bought an XD-11 a year ago and it feels very nice also. Perhaps due to the Leica/Minolta design.
 
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