Manolo Laguillo Posted April 29, 2011 Share #21 Â Posted April 29, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) One M2, back in the 70's, and now the M9 Manolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 Hi Manolo Laguillo, Take a look here Which camera is or has been the true love of your life. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
dachs Posted April 29, 2011 Share #22  Posted April 29, 2011 first loves always rule; at 16 a new Z€i$$ Nettar (516 I think 6cm by 6cm); I abused it horribly and the lens coating eventually expired but it was what got me started (and I wouldn't mind one now!). My goodness that was a long time ago....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ru_di Posted April 29, 2011 Share #23 Â Posted April 29, 2011 ...the Nikon F2..... ...a Leica R Digital could have been the successor..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted April 29, 2011 Share #24 Â Posted April 29, 2011 A black chrome M4 which I bought from its first owner back in 1981 and eventually sold to fund an SLR (needs must). I always remember it as my favourite camera and regret the sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaBraz Posted April 29, 2011 Share #25 Â Posted April 29, 2011 Asahi Pentax Spotmatic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH1962 Posted April 29, 2011 Share #26 Â Posted April 29, 2011 mhhhh... very difficult to decide.... Â Nikon F2 Sinar P2 M4-P M9 Â JPH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted April 29, 2011 Share #27 Â Posted April 29, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) A black chrome M4 which I bought from its first owner back in 1981 and eventually sold to fund an SLR (needs must). I always remember it as my favourite camera and regret the sale. Â Know that feeling!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted April 29, 2011 Share #28 Â Posted April 29, 2011 A long stable relationship from 1985 until 2010 with a Nikon F3/T:). Although I must admit to two affairs on the side, initially with a cute little Contax T3, and then a D-Lux 4 (both great performers and easy to sneak around without getting caught ). Â However I'd being eyeing off the M9 since 2009 but thought she was completely out of my league , In the end I unceremoniuosly dumped all for the M9 in 2010 and never looked back. Â Â Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveYork Posted April 30, 2011 Share #29 Â Posted April 30, 2011 There just material things. A tool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib_robinson Posted April 30, 2011 Share #30 Â Posted April 30, 2011 I had to vote for two cameras -- my first Leica (M2) which was my only camera during the priceless Kodachrome era and my current Leica (M9) which is the most versatile camera I've ever owned. Â --Gib Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papimuzo Posted May 1, 2011 Share #31 Â Posted May 1, 2011 A Leica CL with its 40 and 90 corresponding lenses (my first Leica in fact). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_S Posted May 1, 2011 Share #32 Â Posted May 1, 2011 A Rollei SL66 in all black, which I should not have sold in the distant past. It would complement my M6 nicely. It's a real shame the company went under. Â Here is a link to lovely chrome example someone has posted on flickr: Rolleiflex SL66 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Â Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted May 1, 2011 Share #33 Â Posted May 1, 2011 A Rollei SL66 in all black.... Â WOW! That was a real goodie.... Mine was a SL66E, with built-in metering. A heavy beast, but what a camera! I hauled mine, with 2 lenses and 2 film backs, almost everywhere (up and down the hills of San Francisco, on Manhattan, in the Swedish mountains & c), until it was literally worn out, and the Swedish service facility had then gone bust. Got a Hassy instead, but it was never quite the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_S Posted May 2, 2011 Share #34  Posted May 2, 2011 Yes, mine was also an SL66E. It makes sense for calculating exposures with that long bellows.  I like the photographs which Brett Weston took with this type of camera (which he called the 'little Rollei'), though I would like to see an exhibition of actual prints rather than printed reproductions. There is a photograph of him with an SL66 slung over his shoulder on this website: Brett Weston Biography  Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted May 2, 2011 Share #35  Posted May 2, 2011 ......I like the photographs which Brett Weston took with this type of camera (which he called the 'little Rollei'), though I would like to see an exhibition of actual prints rather than printed reproductions.....  Actually saw some of his originals (along with his dad´s, Ansel Adams´, and Wynn Bullock´s) when I visited Carmel some 15 years ago. A wonderful experience! Only, my own ones (even had a field day on Pt Lobos) looked nothing like them, despite the camera used..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Taylor Posted May 7, 2011 Share #36 Â Posted May 7, 2011 Good Question, I suppose I would have to admit my first single lens reflex which was an Exakta Varex IIB with a Steninheil Auto-Quinon 55mm f1.9. I just got out of the marine corps in 1956, and had a little money and wanted a single lens reflex. Since I was use to shooting with the Speed graphic 4x5 when I was in the Corps and the thought of shooting with a 35mm I kind of like the idea that Exakta, WAS SET UP FOR A LEFT HANDED SHOOTER. The Auto -Quinon 55 was then and probably still is a fine lens... I really missed this camera, like my first love, there is always a sentimental feeling and longing in getting back together. Â Hank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted May 7, 2011 Share #37 Â Posted May 7, 2011 My favorite camera hasn't been built yet. Close second and third M9 and D3. Â K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 7, 2011 Share #38 Â Posted May 7, 2011 The Contarex bullseye when i was 15 or 16 yo. I can still hear its shutter music and smell the perfume of its leather case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wizardol Posted May 7, 2011 Share #40  Posted May 7, 2011 My father's iif, with an f/2 Summitar, which I used in high school to take pictures for the yearbook. It was a small prepschool, so my photos were, perhaps, one third of those in the yearbook  Even though the resolution of the photos in the yearbook were so so, you can pick out my Leica shots from all the rest! The sharpness and contrast came through.  The portrait I took (with a 90 mm Elmar) of the Headmaster, sitting at his desk was so nice that his wife sent me a letter thanking me for taking "the best picture of her husband."  Sadly, this camera and lenses was stolen, and my dad bought a Rolliflex 2.8 C with an f/2.8 Schneider Xenotar. This camera became my new favorite. The lens was awesome. It put the then "favored Rollei with an f/3.5 Tessar lens" to shame. [ Zeiss, since copied the Xenotar, and brought out its f/2.8 Planar].  Many years later, (1960) when I was in the army I bought a Leica M3 with an f/2 50 mm Summicron at a PX in London. I still have it, and use it. It works like a charm, and the optical performance is right up there with the best modern lenses (50 years later)! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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