What was the MOST BEAUTIFUL camera?

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Nikon F3

 

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Many of my 'most beautiful' have already been mentioned, but I'll add the Plaubel Makina 67 to the list as I don't think it's been mentioned yet. It's a little quirky, but there's something I find very attractive about this camera's industrial design. Maybe it's just me

 

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I'm very partial to the styling of the black Olympus Pen FT. I think it's hard to beat. I would also like to grab a black repainted original Pen F with the gothic "F" one day. The Leica CL is also a nicely designed camera in my opinion. I love the compact size and the location of the shutter dial as it's easy to change speeds while still holding the camera at eye level.

 
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I really love the design of the Plaubel Makina as well and would love to try one one day. I ended picking up a little compact Agfa Optima Sensor 1035 a while back as it shares a similar industrial design. I've seen it mentioned before that the same design firm may have been used for both cameras, but not sure of the accuracy of that.

 

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Any camera which I one is the most beautiful by definition.
 

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I like the way the Ricoh Auto Half looks:



Picture from ebay - because my Auto Half fell apart. I'd caution against getting one of these, since the plastic on mine was so brittle.

Anyway, it kinda looks like an old transistor radio.
 

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Just for some data points: I've had two Auto Halfs and both were fine as far as the plastic went. But purportedly that trim around the VF/selenium cell *does* tend to break.

Couldn't agree more about the design, though.
 

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Don Heisz said:
Also worth noting that the lens is really quite excellent, also.
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If you want to post some results this way please:

Ricoh Auto Half

You're fortunate. It's usually sunny here in so-cal, which means harsh shadows that are a pain. Washed out/grey means you can print at grade 3 or 4 with good results. Grey is usually accompanied by cold wind and snow. But you're right about shadows, only the groundhog sees it.
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Canon F1n, (second gen F) in black with Sports Finder or, even a normal finder.
 

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Lookswise...
35mm - I'm gonna have to go with classic leica m
Medium format - rolleiflex
Large format - Linhof technicas, Wisners, Ebonies, Deardorffs and Agfa/Ansco
 
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