What is your favourite camera to SHOOT with, regardless of format/looks

darkosaric · Nov 25, 2014

Kawaiithulhu said:
my favorite shooters are an F3 and an M3

+1

fotch · Nov 25, 2014

Nikon F3HP & Nikon FE

baachitraka · Nov 25, 2014

Olympus OM-1n with Zuiko 85mm and Zuiko 35mm.

Rolleicord IIb: Despite very dim screen I prefer to shoot with this camera more than the other.

Rolleicord Va: Target roll count is 1000 but for some reason I could not able to do it.

c6h6o3 · Nov 25, 2014

RalphLambrecht said:
for film,regardless of subject,clearly my Hasselblad 501c.it has become an extension of my mind and I think, it knows what I'm trying to achieve.It's love.

Me too. Mine is a 503cxi, but all 'blads handle the same. I like it best with my 150mm Sonnar.

c6h6o3 · Nov 25, 2014

Sirius Glass said:
The Hasselbald 503 CX held on the left hand with the index finger on the shutter release.

How else would anyone ever hold a Hasselblad?

Sirius Glass · Nov 25, 2014

Sirius Glass said:
The Hasselbald 503 CX held on the left hand with the index finger on the shutter release.

c6h6o3 said:

How else would anyone ever hold a Hasselblad?

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This is why I posted that:

cjbecker said:
My first idea was a 500cm and wlf. Hold the camera in my right hand, release with my right index finger, right thumb around the non speed winder, focus with the left hand. It's the way the camera works for me, it does make it a problem using focusing handles and also speed winders, but it does make the camera fast to use.

pbromaghin · Nov 25, 2014

For me it's a Minolta X-570 with a Motor Drive 1. The flexibility of the Minolta Program System allows it to go anywhere and do anything if you attach the right pieces. It feels just right in my hands and sometimes seems to read my mind. The Rokkor brand lenses are all excellent. The Mamiya C33 comes out when I'm willing to work much harder for a medium format neg, and the Zeiss folder is just for fun.

PtJudeRI · Nov 25, 2014

My Nikon F5 with a 50mm on it. It's so responsive, feels perfect in my hand, and I just know how it reacts/acts. I always lusted over the F5 as a kid, and now that I have one, I can honestly say it lives up to my expectations. It's so freakin sweet.

SMBooth · Nov 25, 2014

I think people only respond to these questions just to show off what gear they have.

Me I like using my Pentax 6x7 because its so flexible, but still really like using my Wista 45 or my Rittereck 57 even my B&J 810. I'm going to love using my Kodak 2D 810 if I can find a back for it....Then if I'm making pinhole images I use......

Pioneer · Nov 26, 2014

Anything with film in it.

David A. Goldfarb · Nov 26, 2014

I suppose the one I have had the longest is the one that feels most natural to me--Canon New F-1--but in practice I don't use it so much.

37th Exposure · Nov 26, 2014

Minolta X-700, but my new all time fave shooter as soon as I bought it 6 years ago is the Voigtlander R3M with the 40mm f1.4 Nokton. Don't tell my Leica MP. The Voigtlander with this lens fits my hand perfectly, the 1.00x viewfinder makes composition instinctive, its knobs and dials are just as instinctive, and the cocking and release packs authority without being loud. Oh, it takes great pictures too.

benjiboy · Nov 27, 2014

David A. Goldfarb said:
I suppose the one I have had the longest is the one that feels most natural to me--Canon New F-1--but in practice I don't use it so much.

The New Canon F1 is my all time favourite too, and the ones I most enjoy using, I have three of them that I use constantly that have never let me down in almost thirty years.

gordrob · Nov 27, 2014

The New Canon F1 is also my favorite for 35mm - never have had any problems with them over the years. I also enjoy my Mamiya Press for medium format, especially the size of the 6x9 negative.

waynecrider · Nov 27, 2014

It use to be that anything with all the bells and whistles was my choice because I wanted to shoot fast and have all the auto everything features for those quick captures, even shooting one handed on the street. Then a couple weeks back I chastised myself for rarely using my M3 with what I always considered a slow focusing rangefinder patch compared to auto CW or segmented metering and AF, and I found that I had much more fun figuring things out with a handheld meter, shooting by hyperfocal methods and taking my time. So I'll nominated anything all manual like the M3, or a K1000 with a broken meter and a wonderful mirror clack. Perhaps my next camera might be an original Nikon F to go with my Nikon lenses. (Btw, this is what happens when you get old; Well at least for me)

naaldvoerder · Nov 28, 2014

Contax RTS III. Heavy and awesome..

macfred · Nov 28, 2014

My FUJI GA645 - like it a lot !

frank · Nov 28, 2014

"New to me" cameras are fun to use because of the "newness".
Kind of like getting a new girlfriend. (Those were the days. )

So for me lately the fun cameras are Plaubel Makina 67W, Bronica S2s, and Olympus XA4.

MartinCrabtree · Nov 28, 2014

I must get a rangefinder someday.

Jim Jones · Nov 28, 2014

a Leica M4 and I worked better as a team than any of the many cameras I've owned and used. It also produced fine photographs when I didn't let it down.

John Bragg · Nov 28, 2014

Nikon F5 is probably the most ergonomically fitted camera I have ever owned. It feels like you put it on, not pick it up. It is also fun to use and the results are amazingly consistent. Nikon F90x and F100 are also a blast to use. Tops has to be the F5 though.

MattKrull · Nov 28, 2014

flavio81 said:
Most of the cameras i own, i like to use. Otherwise, i sell them.

This.

I have a Bronica ETR-Si that I really enjoy using at a semi-slow pace. Faster pace (more snap-shooty) I enjoy my OM-2sp, OM-40, and AE-1 equally. The only user camera I own (I have a few "learn to repair" projects) that isn't a joy to use is the OM-10, which I'm just keeping as a back-up until I get an OM-1.

macfred · Nov 28, 2014

MattKrull said:
This.

I have a Bronica ETR-Si that I really enjoy using at a semi-slow pace ...

Love my ETRSi too - but it won't fit the pockets of my Harris Tweed

br549 · Nov 28, 2014

Leica M4-P, it's well "broken in" and very smooth and quiet.

Nuff · Nov 28, 2014

Leica M3, it's just fun and pleasure to use.

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