Your favourite mechanical camera

[michael_oxford]

<p>(Not in any particular order)<br>

Canon F-1n<br>

Rolleiflex 2.8F<br>

Leica M4<br>

The Nikon F series should gets an honorable mention as well...</p>

[kevin_dixey2]

<p>Olympus OM1n<br />Minolta A5</p>

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[scott_murphy_photography]

<p>I can't believe I left out the Rolleiflex. What the heck was I thinking????</p>

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[roger_williams6]

<p>Any Canon FD body. Did anyone else make cameras?;)</p>

[john_cooper9]

<p>Linhof 220 and Mamiya Universal with 50mm lens in medium format. Linhof Technika in LF.</p>

[cary_chin1]

<p>Nikon F<br>

Leica IIIF</p>

[carbon_dragon]

<p>For looks, Contarex Bullseye tied with Leica IIIf BD<br>

For actually using, Leica M2, with honorable mention to the Leica CL (only the meter dies without a battery).</p>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Canon F-1n<br>

Nikon F2<br>

Mamiya Super 23</p>

[paul_goutiere]

<p>The Nikon F2 (any head)<br /> Hasselblad 501CM and most certainly if I had one the 500CM<br /> The Kodak Retina 118 is a very special little camera:<br /> <img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa19/literiter/KodakRetina118.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[robert_meyer3]

<p>Graflex Super Graphic<br>

Graflex RB Auto<br>

Kodak Medalist</p>

[hillary_charles]

<p>At the risk of continuing to appear to have a one-track mind, my old Stereo Realist cameras fit the critera for this thread. Totally manual, very rugged, and the most reliable cameras I've ever used. They've been my primary cameras for the last 12 years.<br>

<img src="http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/Skylark67/Realists1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[DWScott]

<p>Black body Pentax Spotmatic F.<br>

I finally paired it with a proper SMC lens for open aperture metering, and it was like a whole new camera! This Spottie is a workhorse, and has done steady duty as one of the primary cameras for my dad and then me over the last 30 years. This, after my dad bought it used.<br>

I am about to send it to Eric for its first CLA, but I'm nervous about putting it into a box and sending it away!</p>

[User_502260]

<p>Canon F-1, Nikkormat FT2, Minolta SRT 201, Konica Autoreflex T2, Pentax Spotmatic F, Minolta Autocord, Konica Auto S1.6, Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII, Olympus 35SP.</p>

[vick_vickery]

<p>OOOH, OOOH, Shoulda seen this sooner! :-)</p>

<p>1. Cambo 4x5<br>

2. Hasselblad 553<br>

3. Rolleicord V<br>

4. Minolta SRT101<br>

5. Nikon FG20 with 35mm PC lens<br>

6. Super Graphic 4x5</p>

<p>Hmmm...seems like I shoot mostly all manual cameras!</p>

[yefei_he1]

<p>Leica M6 TTL, Konica Auto S3, Nikon F2A, Konica Autoreflex T3, Kodak Retina IIIa, King Regula RM.</p>

[peter_mcdonough3]

<p>Alpa 10d</p>

[jeff_guthrie]

<p>I like my Olympus OM1n the most, I prefer it to my old Nikons, and my Canon F1/FT cameras. It's small, light, and simple.</p>

[steve m smith]

<p>My three (from cameras I own):</p>

<p>Rolleicord V<br>

Kodak Retina Reflex III<br>

Voigtlander Vito B</p>

<p>If you ask me tomorrow it may be a different list!</p>

 

[david cunningham]

<p>holga, leica m3</p>

[jani_heikkinen]

<p>I have used quite a selection of different fully mechanical cameras, but I always go back to 2 cameras that inspire me most when I want to use my creativity.. Those 2 are Rollei 35S and Nikon Fm2N<br>

After those comes an old Rolleiflex automat from the earliest batch of manufacturing and Mamiya's TLR cs330s<br>

In large format I keep on going back to my MPP technical and speed graphic... I just love the creative feeling that all of these cameras get out of me. They all are like different brushes... each one different and for different purpose.</p>

[Glenn McCreery]

<p>My three favorites are (in order):<br /> Wista M metal 4x5 field camera<br /> Fuji GS645W medium format<br /> Mamiya 7 medium format<br>

Actually, it's a toss-up between the Fuji and the Mamiya. In the field, when I can't carry my Wista and a tripod, the Fuji is my favorite since it is small and light, fits in a fanny pack, and produces very sharp negatives. When I get to the darkroom I prefer the larger and extremely sharp negatives that the Mamiya produces. But after owning two Linhof Technikas, a Crown Graphic, and a Linhof Kardan, the Wista is by far the best handling 4x5 of them all.</p>

[john_tran14]

<p>Pentax KX<br>

Nikon FM<br>

Yashica Lynx 5000<br>

Yashica 635<br>

Canon Canonflex<br>

Canon EF<br>

Petri 7 s<br>

Kodak Retina IIa (after war)<br>

Agfa ISOLA I<br>

Konica Autoreflex TC<br>

Vivitar 220/SL<br>

Fujica ST705<br>

Minolta SRT 100<br>

Exakta VxIIa<br>

Olympus OM2000 Spot<br>

Argus C3 with 10 shutter speeds</p>

[timages]

<p>Box Brownie</p>

[richard_linscott2]

<p>Duo Six-20 or Hasselblad 1000f. Depends on which side of the bed I get up on as to which is my favorite. :-)</p>

[john_fleetwood]

<p>Guess exposure, guess focus, guess frame...</p><div></div>