Your favorite camera? (any format)

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As others have slightly changed the question to what to keep if only keeping one, in that case it would be my Rollei 2.8F. As to which is simply my favorite of what I own, my favorite changes with my mood and urge for imagery. Every camera I own does something different from every other camera I own. If I came up with a need for a camera that does something different from what I have, I would get it.
 

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Canon F 1- AE, I like them so much I have three of them.
 

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35: Nikon F3T/HP (with/without the MD4 motor drive)
MF: Hasselblad 500C/M
LF: Tachihara (4x5, 5x7, 8x10)

- Leigh
 

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Olympus OM1.
Ebony 45 SW.
Rolleiflex 3.5F Xenotar.

If I had to choose only one, it would have to be the Olympus OM1. Not my fanciest camera by any means, but certainly my favourite.
 

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Hasselblad 503CX and Hasselblad 903 SWC

I have traded and used cameras for years now and have had something from almost all brands.
My current favourite is my 503CW but that may change.

Overall favorite: Hasselblad 553ELX.

Although, if I could keep only one, it would probably be my Rolleiflex 2.8D.

35: Nikon F3T/HP (with/without the MD4 motor drive)
MF: Hasselblad 500C/M
LF: Tachihara (4x5, 5x7, 8x10)

- Leigh

Hmmm :cool:, me thinks there is a pattern developing here ... :happy:
 

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I am too fickle to answer this question truthfully. I am trying to cease adding to my favorites (hope to stop with my recent acquisition of Kodak Medalist). I try to convince my wife that cameras are better than playing the horses or boose.
 

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Hard question to be honest. There are simply too many factors and things that are at odds with various designs that make it difficult to pick a single favourite.

Currently the film collection stands at a Mamiya C330, which I am loving a lot, and a recently added Busch Pressman 4x5, which is looking like it should prove very enjoyable for the odd times I will get out with it. But at the same time I still very much love my canon 7D and the kind of shots I've been able to produce with that. Sure, they're nothing like what I get out of film, but isn't that kind of the point of having various formats and styles of camera on hand?

The thought process and state of mind is different with various cameras, and I like that.

I guess my lame copout answer would have to be "The camera that does the task I have at hand, and that I can afford." - I would love to own a Hasselblad system because they look and feel so slick, but I settled on the old TLR C330 instead because I got it and lenses for far less. And honestly I simply can't complain about the images I can make with it. I could spend more on a 'better' 120 6x6 camera. I could upgrade my digital bodies to something not several generations old sensor tech. I could pour more money into 4x5... But pushing too deep in any one area would rob all the others of any kind of budget. And I'm happier having more options.
 

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Hmmm :cool:, me thinks there is a pattern developing here ... :happy:

Pattern is: Hasselblad is favorite of Internet Posters; Real Photographers (tm) are out of house making photos. :tongue:

Just kidding. Although I said Nikon F2 is my default "go to" camera, I wish it weren't - I find it uninteresting, even though I like its build quality and features. Perhaps I've just used them for such a long time.
 

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My humble Canonet 28. Small, light, exposes very well and it is always with me. Love it! The second favorite is the Nikon F4. A beauty.
 
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