What camera have you loved beyond all others?

pixmedic · Aug 18, 2015

Pentax 110 Super.
18, 24, 50, 70, and 20-40 f/2.8 lenses.

Solarflare · Aug 18, 2015

That would be mostly my imaginary perfect camera that I keep designing and redesigning in my head.

So far I'm using Nikon DSLRs ... I dont think anyone really loves them, they are worktools, not objects of love and passion. Great worktools, no question, with many possibilities. But also ugly, plasticky and hella complex.

limr · Aug 18, 2015

I think I have two that fit the bill. The first is my Polaroid Land Camera 100 for two reasons: it belonged to my father, and it's a fantastic camera. I have become completely hooked on instant film because of the Pola. It's got a surprisingly good lens, and it's so much fun, so artistically satisfying.

The second is my first and lifelong love: my K1000. I might have that baby cremated with me when I go. She's been with me for more than 20 years, through three countries, three boyfriends, a few tumbles off a tripod, and countless rolls of film, and she is as reliable as the first day I bought her. I still remember standing in front of the case at Service Merchandise and deciding to buy her. I was fresh out of college and determined to have a real camera so I could learn some real photography. I would go to the store sometimes to visit her while I saved up the money. Then finally came the day I got to write down the item number and bring it to the customer service desk in the back of the store, and wait for her to come rolling down the conveyor belt.

These two shots came from one of my first few rolls I ever shot with the K1000, and they convinced me that I had made the right choice: (scans of prints)

Piano by limrodrigues, on Flickr

You and I Waltz by limrodrigues, on Flickr

And one of my latest, from about 6 months ago, convincing me that I can never get rid of this camera or its lenses:

Wire by limrodrigues, on Flickr

gsgary · Aug 18, 2015

Mine would be my M4P 70 year Anniversary

ak_ · Aug 18, 2015

I think I've loved lenses more than cameras. all the same - Sony V1: the digital 'Velvia' camera.

Buckster · Aug 19, 2015

I wouldn't use the word "love" to describe it, but the camera I've had the most interactive and personal relationship with is the one I learned on also. In my case, it's my Nikon F Photomic.

snowbear · Aug 19, 2015

Probably the next one I get.

Usul · Aug 19, 2015

My favorite camera anomg that I've had is Nikon D90 even though D7100 I have now is all around better. D90 was a camera which I started to learn photography with not only press the button.

Peeb · Aug 19, 2015

snowbear said:
Probably the next one I get.

My wife probably feels that way about husbands...

unpopular · Aug 19, 2015

Contax RX. It was perfect. Perfect ergonomics, balance and weight. Solid brass alloy. Great Zeiss glass. Weird squishy, leathery grip. Basic operation with no bells and whistles aside from focus confirmation - which, I'll admit was petty derpy and really only worked when you didn't need it - but it had such a great viewfinder. Thing was like how I imagine driving an Italian sports car that I'd never be able to afford, probably because it was designed by Porche.

Someday I'll buy the C/Y Planar again for my Fuji - which is a distant second from the RX.

Category:Contax RX - Wikimedia Commons

Image courtesy Ignis, CC 2005 CC BY-SA 3.0

KmH · Aug 19, 2015

They had to pry my Minolta SR-T 101 from my hands.
Fortunately, I wasn't dead. The camera was.

Image: Rainer Knäpper, Free Art License

medic2230 · Aug 20, 2015

That would have to be my first SLR camera, my Nikon FG. I saved the change from my school lunch every day until I could afford it. It opened up a whole new world of photography for me. Got me into developing film and in the darkroom. It even managed to get me in the studio. I still have it and it sits proudly on top of the bookcase with it's flash and motor drive in the living room. Amazingly after 31 years it's still works like the day I bought it.

Peeb · Aug 20, 2015

medic2230 said:
That would have to be my first SLR camera, my Nikon FG. I saved the change from my school lunch every day until I could afford it. It opened up a whole new world of photography for me. Got me into developing film and in the darkroom. It even managed to get me in the studio. I still have it and it sits proudly on top of the bookcase with it's flash and motor drive in the living room. Amazingly after 31 years it's still works like the day I bought it.

Fantastic camera! I used to have the FG-20 with a nikkor 50mm f/1.8. What a great camera it was. It lacked the FG's program mode: it was the dumbed-down successor to your camera. Still- a fine instrument in its own right. Never failed me.

EddyP · Aug 20, 2015

It would have to be between either a Nikon d3300 or a Canon dslr; there are several here that whet my appetite - Digital SLR Cameras: Digital Nikon & Canon Compact Cameras. Calumet Photo

medic2230 · Aug 20, 2015

Peeb said:
medic2230 said:

That would have to be my first SLR camera, my Nikon FG. I saved the change from my school lunch every day until I could afford it. It opened up a whole new world of photography for me. Got me into developing film and in the darkroom. It even managed to get me in the studio. I still have it and it sits proudly on top of the bookcase with it's flash and motor drive in the living room. Amazingly after 31 years it's still works like the day I bought it.

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Fantastic camera! I used to have the FG-20 with a nikkor 50mm f/1.8. What a great camera it was. It lacked the FG's program mode: it was the dumbed-down successor to your camera. Still- a fine instrument in its own right. Never failed me.