Out of my cold dead hands !

[John Bragg]

Ok so the headline is a bit dramatic, but what would be the last camera you gave up if for one reason or another it all had to go ? I have several nice cameras, but the choice would not be perhaps as rational or obvious as some may think. I think if push came to shove, my Leica M6 and Nikons would go and the humble but efficient OM1n would stay. How about you ?

 

[jeffreythree]

One of my Granddad's Minolta SRT102's with his favorite Rokkor-PG 55mm 1.7 lens. Sentimental value and they still work as well as when he was still using them.

 

[Ap507b]

Would be my Nikon FA for me. Bought it new 30 years ago & quite like it. Ask me again tomorrow & it might be my Nikon F2A though.

 

[summicron1]

Leica M3--first one I bought, still works, will outlast me.

I'm tempted to say the M4, but the M3 is the sentimental favorite.

 

[Saganich]

I would keep my Leica MP, DR and 35 Summicron. I would keep my Super Isolette. I would get rid of the 500C, M2, the Medalist, the Pacemaker, Billy Record, SX70, Autoron, and that Mamiya C330 Alison left at my apartment before she moved to Austin Tx.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

This is going to be difficult, although I answered that question years ago when I sold all my collection of screw mount Pentax, Canon EOS, Leica M6 and Voigtlander Bessa cameras and lenses.
Then I bought a Nikkormat FTn and 3 lenses: 28mm, 50mm and 105mm.
I should have left like that.
Now, I have more than 40 cameras again between Nikon and Olympus.
From my 26 or so Nikons, perhaps the best was to keep the Nikkormat FT3: it can use all my lenses and uses only 1 SR44 battery.
From my 15 Olympus, maybe an OM-1N or a -2N. I can't decide between these 2. I love the Aperture priority and the TTL OTF flash system of the -2N, but my head says to keep the mechanical one.
I need a -3Ti! lol

 

[CropDusterMan]

My Leica.

 

[MattKing]

The Kodak Six-16 my Dad gave me when I was eleven.

If I'm allowed to keep that for the sentimental value it has plus one user, I would add my Mamiya C330 that has been serving me well for 40 years. I'd insist on both the 65mm and 135mm lenses though.

 

[BrianShaw]

Ya... a bit dramatic.

In the end, they are just stuff. I like my stuff but could live without most of it, maybe even all of it. My last camera would probably be Nikon F-3 because of its reliability and versatility. The first camera I ever bought and there is no reason why it can't be the last I ever own/use.

 

[Alan9940]

Wow, this would be a tough choice, but I'd probably keep my 8x10 Deardorff and my Nikon F2.

 

[blockend]

Meh.. they're just cameras, but I'd buy more Nikkormats if I lost mine. Wouldn't replace any of the others.

 

[jerrybro]

It can all be replaced, except Dad's Nikon S2.

 

[joh]

I would keep my Sinar Norma and maybe a Leica m2.

 

[ColColt]

Hard question-methinks the M2 and F2A.

 

[cramej]

RB67 with 180mm and prism - because they won't be able to lift it out of my hands!

Really, it would probably my Mamiyaflex C2.

 

[Oscar Carlsson]

I'm pretty fond of my Nikon F100. If it breaks I'll buy another, if my 50 mm breaks I'll just buy another.

 

[James Page]

It would be a toss up between a Nikon F with plain prism and an M4. Probably the M4 when push came to shove

 

[Paul Howell]

My wife asked this question just in a different way, in case of a fire and I could only grab one camera what would it be? Well it wouldn't be a camera, but my bag with the Minolta 9 and 7 with 4 lens.

 

[mooseontheloose]

My Nikon FE. It's the first SLR I ever bought and still one of my favourites.

 

[narsuitus]

My dead mother's camera. I had to promise her I would never part with it before she would give it to me.


Detrola by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[Theo Sulphate]

My dead mother's camera. I had to promise here I would never part with it before she would give it to me.


Detrola by Narsuitus, on Flickr

My father once worked for Detrola. He brought home a radio, which I have. I think he did mention cameras.

The one camera I'd save from a fire? Thinking... has to be something with emotional value... Ok: my Kodak 8mm movie camera from 1964 - the very first camera I saved money for and bought as a kid.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Rolleiflex 2.8E. That would be THE camera I'd save.

 

[BrianShaw]

My Nikon FE. It's the first SLR I ever bought and still one of my favourites.

So I was going to say that also... but I picked up mine last night and found out that I forgot and left the power switch on the MD-11 in the "on" position. (For those not in the know... there is a design defect causes the MD to drain all batteries if it is left in the "on" position. If only I wasn't so cheap I'd replace it with a MD-12 since the defect was fixed.) I HATE that MD so I opted to have F-3/MD-4 as the camera I take to the grave.

 

[spoolman]

My first rangefinder, a Yashica Minister III and my first 35mm SLR, a pentacon Practika L. I got the Minister III used in the early 70's from Black's Camera store at St. Clair and Yonge here in Toronto and the Practika L was a birthday present from my brother in 1973. Both have been overhauled numerous times since then and I have acquired two Practika L cameras as parts supply cameras. Both have served me well beyond expectations and even though I have acquired better cameras since then, I always take them out a couple of times each year and run a couple of rolls through each just to keep them working.

Those would be the two cameras that I would get rid of last.

Doug

 

[John Bragg]

Many folks pushing the boundaries of the exercise here. Hard to choose just ONE I know..!