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Hasselblad 501c with 80mm.

I tried a SWC and lots of other lenses with as well as a 203FE, but all distracted too much from the simple over the shoulder minimalism of the 500 series,WLF and 80mm so I've sold up and moved back to my that.

 

The Ricoh GR series is also equally a constant companion with each model adding just a bit more polish to a great design.

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Hi everyone, my first post, new to the forum and excited and honored to be here with other Leica enthusiasts. :)

 

Nikon FM3A, has a unique finder that does not black out with stopping-down of lenses, plus mechanically it is one of the finest 35mm film cameras ever made.

 

Kodak Pony 135, my dads camera that I learned on (camera died in 1969 from old age.)

 

Canon A-1, a breakthrough in computer control photography.

 

Canon EF, a unique combination of electronic and manual function.

 

Pretty much I like 35mm film cameras in general.

 

Regards, Keith in Mesa, Arizona USA

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Without doubt my Rolleiflex 2.8 GX, just sublime :p

 

( Shown along with a couple of Olympus ep-1 since sold. )

 

Followed by my FM3A outfit with "pre Ai" Nikkors all factory converted to "Ai" .

 

However it's the Leica M's that get the most use ;)

 

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I also learned on the Argus 3c, but in 1940. I kept it until getting a IIIc in 1945. It was a brick!

 

 

 

It was a fun camera used it and a light meter I even took it on a 6,000 mile cross country Harley ride in 1975. The bike should have shaken the camera to bits but it survived. I really think the C3 made 35 photography popular in the early 40 and 50's in the USA.

I though I was the only one that used one.

 

Cheers My Dads argus was 1951 vintage.

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Black paint Nikon F with Nikkor f/1.2 50mm lens, it was a battered old nail already when I bought it as an impecunious student 30 years ago. It is the most reliable piece of equipment of any description that I've ever owned, period.

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Nikon F

 

The transition camera from rangefinder to SLR out of an existing body.

Bulletproof like a Kalashnikow and for me 'My third eye'

 

Lenses from 24 - 105mm

 

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Apart from a nice Bessa R2A, I don't have any film camera.

I dearly, DEARLY miss the Contax bodies I've used for 10 years and then sold in 2007 (bad choice, but I'm not rich and I wanted a 5D mk I):

- Contax RX (fantastic camera, especially from an ergonomic standpoint

- Contax 139Q (so simple and well designed)

The results with Zeiss prime lenses and Velvia were so 3D and beautiful...

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