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What Are Your GOAT Cameras?
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My Beetle just keeps going on and on..... From 1984 to the present (it was my dad's car)
And my first SLR from 1974, and it's still working.(except the light meter and the domiplan lens was replaced with a Helios)
And my first SLR from 1974, and it's still working.(except the light meter and the domiplan lens was replaced with a Helios)
Donald Qualls
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For me, the GOAT will be my RB67.
Doesn't win for beauty or compactness/lightness, but the optical quality is excellent, reliability is high, and it beats anything I've ever owned for versatility. Four formats, three viewfinders, lenses from (effective) 28 mm (on 6x7!) to 180 (there are longer ones available, but I'll probably never buy them), takes 2x3 Grafmatics as well as its own and Graflex roll film holders...
Doesn't win for beauty or compactness/lightness, but the optical quality is excellent, reliability is high, and it beats anything I've ever owned for versatility. Four formats, three viewfinders, lenses from (effective) 28 mm (on 6x7!) to 180 (there are longer ones available, but I'll probably never buy them), takes 2x3 Grafmatics as well as its own and Graflex roll film holders...
Elegant? Maybe that's why I was drawn to acquire four of them (my dad's model camera).
Most Reliable: Sinar Norma - unless the bellows were to get punctured, nothing can really go wrong with the camera itself.
Best Utility: Sinar Norma + Kodak Retina IIa - Norma can do literally anything, except quick snaps. But the retina fits in any pocket, and has a rangefinder, allowing for that part.
Most Elegant: Olympus OM-1N - everything is optimally placed, and the mechanics feel wonderful.
Most Beautiful: Bronica S2 and Kodak Retina I/IIa - just love their designs.
Most Innovative: Olympus OM-1, probably - small, lightweight SLR with tiny lenses.
Best Output: Sinar Norma - bigger is better.
Weirdest: Pentax auto 110 - an SLR with good lenses, but using tiny cartridges that are unable to keep the film flat. (*Only used this briefly a few years ago)
Most Beloved: Bronica S2 - if it's not too big, and don't need movements, it's what I'd choose first to take with me.
Best Utility: Sinar Norma + Kodak Retina IIa - Norma can do literally anything, except quick snaps. But the retina fits in any pocket, and has a rangefinder, allowing for that part.
Most Elegant: Olympus OM-1N - everything is optimally placed, and the mechanics feel wonderful.
Most Beautiful: Bronica S2 and Kodak Retina I/IIa - just love their designs.
Most Innovative: Olympus OM-1, probably - small, lightweight SLR with tiny lenses.
Best Output: Sinar Norma - bigger is better.
Weirdest: Pentax auto 110 - an SLR with good lenses, but using tiny cartridges that are unable to keep the film flat. (*Only used this briefly a few years ago)
Most Beloved: Bronica S2 - if it's not too big, and don't need movements, it's what I'd choose first to take with me.
Jarno
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Fujifilm GW690 mk3, relatively compact for the negative format, incredible lens, speedy enough (F3.5).
Love my GSW690 also, also a great lens (although not a very fast lens). Wish it was a mk3 because the shutter lockout is helpful. Both of them eat film with only 8 frames per roll (and a relatively speedy workflow).
Love my GSW690 also, also a great lens (although not a very fast lens). Wish it was a mk3 because the shutter lockout is helpful. Both of them eat film with only 8 frames per roll (and a relatively speedy workflow).
Nikon F5. Good for self defense in a pinch.
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I've seen this film flatness complaint with Auto 110 said a few times. I've never seen it an issue when I've used it. I can post photos of Auto 110 stuff that's as sharp as it can get.
If it comes down to one single GOAT camera for me, it has to be Rolleiflex 3.5F. It is also my longest owned camera continuously, others come and go.
Too many categories for me to fully comment, but if I had to pick a single camera and give the rest of my equipment away, I would keep my Plaubel Makina 670: A (reasonably) portable camera with good utility (nice viewfinder/rangefinder with built-in meter), truly excellent results (fantastic lens, and 6x7 film), and at least somewhat robust (fragility of the scissors-mechanism, wiring, and bellows aside). I would argue that there VERY few alternatives in MF land, even though this is now a very old (early 80's) design.
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Talking about film cameras only
Most reliable - Nikon F
Most utility - Nikon F
Most elegant - Compass
Most beautiful - Compass
Most innovative - Minox
Most output - ?
Wierdest - Minox format Roundshot panoramic camera
Most beloved - My 1st SLR - Nikon Fun
Most reliable - Nikon F
Most utility - Nikon F
Most elegant - Compass
Most beautiful - Compass
Most innovative - Minox
Most output - ?
Wierdest - Minox format Roundshot panoramic camera
Most beloved - My 1st SLR - Nikon Fun
Nice looking at all this exclusive machinery that everyone seems to have as a matter of course. I even got inspired to look up what an Argos C3 was - were they ever sold outside the US?
My GOAT is a bit more humble - my grandmother's Brownie Model D (I think that should be 620 Brownie ....) which is still going strong. It was given to my sister so I don't know how I acquired it. It's not my favourite but it is the longest serving.
Other cameras that could have qualified would have been my dad's Kristal R rangefinder which has rather died (or maybe a deep coma would be the case) due to neglect and my Mamiya C33 (suffered a similar fate although will be brought back to life if I can recover it from my daughter's storage).
Finally an honourable mention for the Praktica that was my mother's, bought new in the late 70's and still working well, in spite of a non-working frame counter, a rusty rewind spindle, a home bodged mirror bumpstop and an overhauled CZJ 50mm lens. There are older cameras in the house but most of them have come along after the Brownie.
My GOAT is a bit more humble - my grandmother's Brownie Model D (I think that should be 620 Brownie ....) which is still going strong. It was given to my sister so I don't know how I acquired it. It's not my favourite but it is the longest serving.
Other cameras that could have qualified would have been my dad's Kristal R rangefinder which has rather died (or maybe a deep coma would be the case) due to neglect and my Mamiya C33 (suffered a similar fate although will be brought back to life if I can recover it from my daughter's storage).
Finally an honourable mention for the Praktica that was my mother's, bought new in the late 70's and still working well, in spite of a non-working frame counter, a rusty rewind spindle, a home bodged mirror bumpstop and an overhauled CZJ 50mm lens. There are older cameras in the house but most of them have come along after the Brownie.
My GOAT list (in no particular order):
Rolleiflex 2.8E
Hasselblad 500C/M
Pentax 67
Contax RTS III
Canon F1
Canham 8x10 Wood Field
Sinar Norma 5x7
Rolleiflex 2.8E
Hasselblad 500C/M
Pentax 67
Contax RTS III
Canon F1
Canham 8x10 Wood Field
Sinar Norma 5x7
Andrew O'Neill
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Andrew O'Neill
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Sorry... Couldn't help myself...
Andrew O'Neill
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The damn thing keeps eating my film, though...
chuckroast
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So now this is your goat-to joke...
Peter1111
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Nikon rangefinders have been the best in my experience. They're durable and easy to use.
LtDave
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the junior high i went to, had one in a closet, in the biology room, i worked on the yearbook in.
the biology teacher was the advisor for the yearbook and i used her Canon EX-Auto but there was that C3. I tried seeing about buying it from the school but she couldnt get the principal/v-principal to agree. one said "if so and so says okay, then thats fine." the other one said, well whats so and so say?" neither would both come out and say "Ok, you can buy it (or have it)"
i think a co-worker has one but hes not shot pictures in 35 years or more.
Most Reliable: Mamiya Press Super 23 with a 6x9 back. Pretty much a full series of lenses.
Best Utility: Canon New F1 for anything 35mm from 20mm macrophoto lens to 500mm telephoto
Most Elegant: Linhof Super Technika V 5x7
Most Beautiful: Rollei 35 S Gold Model. Sits in it's box and looks good.
Best Output: Linhof Super Techniks V 4x5
Weirdest: National Photo Color One Shot Camera 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. from the 1940s. Big and heavy
Most Beloved: Mamiya Press System with the Linhofs a close second
Best Utility: Canon New F1 for anything 35mm from 20mm macrophoto lens to 500mm telephoto
Most Elegant: Linhof Super Technika V 5x7
Most Beautiful: Rollei 35 S Gold Model. Sits in it's box and looks good.
Best Output: Linhof Super Techniks V 4x5
Weirdest: National Photo Color One Shot Camera 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. from the 1940s. Big and heavy
Most Beloved: Mamiya Press System with the Linhofs a close second
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Nikon F100 film
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Kenny Harrelson
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Most Reliable: Yashica 44a TLR.
Best Utility: Minolta XG-SE 35mm.
Most Elegant: Rollei 16. (Kolchak: The Night Stalker used this camera.)
Most Beautiful: Kodak Target Brownie Six-16. Classic Art Deco styling.
Most Innovative: Minolta XD11. This was my first really good new camera. Purchased in 1978 because it was (and still is) one of the very few 35mm cameras that had Manual, Aperture- and Shutter-preferred capabilities. I am still using that camera.
Best Output: Minolta SRT-201 35mm. Rock solid and weighs a ton.
Weirdest: Minolta 110 Zoom SLR. Funky shape, but sharp as a tack for 110.
Most Beloved: Minolta XD11. (Runner-Up: I inherited my Grandmother's Kodak Brownie Holiday, and I treasure it. The Camerosity code shows that it was one of the very first ones made in 1953 and it still works.) (Second Runner-Up: My neighbor gave me a used Kodak 35-RF 35mm back in 1976. It was my first camera and I learned a lot about photography with it. Of course I still have it and use it.)
Best Utility: Minolta XG-SE 35mm.
Most Elegant: Rollei 16. (Kolchak: The Night Stalker used this camera.)
Most Beautiful: Kodak Target Brownie Six-16. Classic Art Deco styling.
Most Innovative: Minolta XD11. This was my first really good new camera. Purchased in 1978 because it was (and still is) one of the very few 35mm cameras that had Manual, Aperture- and Shutter-preferred capabilities. I am still using that camera.
Best Output: Minolta SRT-201 35mm. Rock solid and weighs a ton.
Weirdest: Minolta 110 Zoom SLR. Funky shape, but sharp as a tack for 110.
Most Beloved: Minolta XD11. (Runner-Up: I inherited my Grandmother's Kodak Brownie Holiday, and I treasure it. The Camerosity code shows that it was one of the very first ones made in 1953 and it still works.) (Second Runner-Up: My neighbor gave me a used Kodak 35-RF 35mm back in 1976. It was my first camera and I learned a lot about photography with it. Of course I still have it and use it.)
mshchem
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Hey there Little Buddy!!
Kenny Harrelson
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Is that a stereo camera?
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