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i find a lot of the new digital point on shoots to have super lame design - nothing fresh or exciting*
i kinda like the Kodak V550 in Black*
;))
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Leica III, definitely, especially IIIf red dial:
... and I am not the only one (look here: www.cameraquest.com/3frdst.htm )
Posted 71 months ago.
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I can't say I prefer one model of camera over all, but here's a fave:
Posted 69 months ago.
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I love the minimalistic design of this classic Nikon FM:
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Has to be the Linhof TECHNORAMA 617 SIII for me
www.linhof.com/english/kameras/technorama/technorama617.html
drool, drool
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Simple beuty...
.....but retired
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Yeah, these are all beautiful cameras but I'd have to vote for a chrome Hasselblad 500C. Just think it's a jewel of a camera, a work of art in itself.
Posted 63 months ago.
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I thought it wouldn't be inapropriate to post this one here:
hasselblad 500 C/M
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i can't believe no one has posted a vote for one of these :
Leica M3 with 50mm Summicron (collapsible)
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Im liking the Hasselblad
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Well, as far as aesthetics are concerned, it has to be a rangefinder cam!
Leica M3, M6 or M7, but the Bessa or Contax are not bad either...
Posted 62 months ago.
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For me it has to be the Nikon F2 Photomic. Nothing else quite like it and so good to use.....
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The old Leicas are quite nice. Personally I don't prefer any one make or model of camera, but in general I think really old folding cameras with bellows and lots of knobs and levers and dials are the most beautiful, for example I adore the look of my Contessa Nettel Cocarette:
Especially the little details in old cameras tend to be far superior to modern ones, which usually tend to emphasize the outline and general shape, usually with such modern concerns as ergonomics. Here's the shutter plate of a 1910's Vest Pocket Kodak (otherwise quite a plain camera):
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This looks like batman but I think this is beatiful.
Posted 62 months ago.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson's first Leica :-D
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Amp: "This looks like batman..."
ROFL!!!!!!
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I don't own one (yet) but I would have to say the LEICA M3.
They are things of dreams.
Or even the Leica IIIf Red Dial with Delayed-Action. I do think that this may be even better looking than the M3.
Originally posted 62 months ago.
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time for a new beginning [deleted] says:
For me, an early Rollieflex. Though I'm slightly bias as this is my latest addition...
On an objective note, probably an early Lecia. They look so pretty...
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I'd have to agree with those people who obviously have impeccable taste, and go with my F4 and my Yashica Mat :-) Although I also quite like me FE-2. The F4 though, not only -looks- fantastic, it also fits delicately and precisely into my hand, and all the controls are placed in exactly the right place ... AF lock ... exposure lock ... DOF preview and mirror lockup ... I've never held a camera as perfectly designed.
The two nikon bodies (and miscellaneous stuff):
My beloved 124g:
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Posted 57 months ago.
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Its a cliche, but there can only be one: Leica IIIc
Posted 57 months ago.
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Really hard to beat an F3hp with 50mm 1.2 AIS:
Posted 56 months ago.
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www.gilghitelman.com/images/0006/50yrblue.jpg
www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/model...
www.spacewalker.jp/mt/spacewalker/archives/20051029_hasse...
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its a russian fake, but i still looove the brass. true leica fans please look away = )
Posted 56 months ago.
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K1000 
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Leica III would have to be my pick for the most beautiful. Maybe not the camera I'd want most to own but for pure aesthetic pleasingness.
Posted 56 months ago.
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alpa 12tc
but its too expensive :(
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I've always believed the most beautiful camera to be the one your friend just found for next to nothing, that's much better than the ones you're used to seeing on the shelves. In my case, my friend just found a Zeiss Ikon Folding Contina for $15 and a Nikon F3HP for $50. Collecting can be cruel.
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What are you guys smokin'?
The answer is obvious:
Posted 55 months ago.
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SX-70 FTW ! Transformer camera magic !
Posted 55 months ago.
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Any of the Exas.
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It was by Grandfathers.
I was so happy when my dad gave it to me.
Posted 55 months ago.
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<img
Canons old and new and neo retro Digilux 1.
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An Asahi Pentax Spotmatic is also pretty nice.
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I just stumbled across the nikon fm 10 and OMG I am in love with that camera.
I can't wait to get mine.
Posted 55 months ago.
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(Well, possibly...)
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Transiently permanent edited this topic 53 months ago.
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Who can argue against the Rolleiflex? An elegant, beautiful engineering masterpiece. Incredible image quality and all without a battery!
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I like Leicas fine, but I never really got the slavish praise for them, I think its because it was Cartier-Bresson's camera, and became deified since then.
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This does it for me.
Posted 53 months ago.
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Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor
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Hi, bit of a newbie here... but what about the Agfa Silette Vario? It's a beauty (sorry got no pics) : )
Posted 52 months ago.
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One of these you mean?
Sure, it's nice. But there's 'nice' and there's NICE :)
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Yeah, it's cute - know where I can get one?
Or one of those cute green one's from the 60's.
Posted 52 months ago.
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...Green ones?
Posted 52 months ago.
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Lol!
Posted 52 months ago.
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I am quite fond of the Fed 2
Even though I really love the Nikon F2A
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I'm partial of course, but I think the "3-D World" medium format stereo camera is quite the beauty.
 
Posted 52 months ago.
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Titanium M6 w/35mm f2 ashperical
titanium m6 w/black ostrich skin
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I know it's probably camera junkie sacrilege to say so, but personally I think the Panasonic L1 looks better than any Leica ever did... :/ Sorry!
Posted 52 months ago.
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Originally posted 52 months ago.
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Oh yes! This Hassi looks really nice!!! Wow!
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I already posted on this months ago but I gotta say that the original Leica III in any guise is a timeless classic.
I have a 1939 model Leica III. Not the A or anything like that, just the III and whilst its seen some use over its lifetime it's still a great camera.
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Definitely going for the Rolleiflex. A work of art in itself.
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This is the best-looking camera I own. But I really like the look of the Hasselblad 500C, and I love the old field cameras with brass and red bellows. Camera porn.
Posted 51 months ago.
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For me it is a tie:
Leica IIIf red-dial with self-timer.
Leica M3
2nd would go to the Exakta VX IIa. Very beautiful SLR.
Posted 51 months ago.
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rolleiflex has classic good looks -
the fuji 6x9 has that "leica on steroids" look -
but i think you can't beat a good wooden field camera -
Originally posted 51 months ago.
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I'd say maybe the Pentax Spotmatic in terms of aesthetics.
But I also really love the look and feel of my Nikon FM2.
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So many gorgeous cams here!
The Fuji 6x9 is amazing! And yes, your field cam really has some style!
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Posted 51 months ago.
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While I've certainaly not seen every camera known to man, I'd have to say the Robot Royal 36 is pretty high on the list of beautiful cameras...
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The first SLR I bought instead of borrowing my dads Yashica FR1 - the luxurious Minolta XD7.
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This also is a pretty cam:
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I had to look long and hard between my bronica ETR-C and this one ...
A Mamiya C3
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The rolleiflex tlr is exquisitely styled and crafted like nothing I have ever seen or touched. It put all modern consumer goods into a new perspective for me:
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*nods* i ♥ my sx-70, too. (and my onestep/1000).
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I really like my Contax 1
Posted 49 months ago.
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There can be only one...
Posted 49 months ago.
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Or is it two?
Posted 49 months ago.
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I am partial to the Nikon F2 SB w/ 50mm 1.4
Posted 49 months ago.
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They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder...Leica M3 DS with a 50mm f1.4 Summilux Pre-Asph an all time classic
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an old time classic, even though this series has been extinct for a very long time...
Posted 49 months ago.
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(Nikon F Photomic FTN) This is the most beautiful camera ever made!!!. Nothing compares close and you know it!! :)
Posted 48 months ago.
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I have always had a special place in my Heart for the Canon F-1 New Style, Just a great looking camera.
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my favorite:
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f3poweruser [deleted] says:
The original Contax RTS looks pretty hot.........
Posted 48 months ago.
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My F4s with non-AI 85mm f/1.8. :)
Posted 48 months ago.
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The Minolta Autocord
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my vote for a classic black Leica M4
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That's nice Cory! Is that really an f0.95 lens on it?????
Posted 48 months ago.
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The Kodak No.2 folding Autographic Brownie (c1916 -1926). The most beautiful pin-hole camera I have seen.
I don't own this camera. Just happened to come across it so took a few pictutres.
My Son Neel inspecting the Brownie:
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That black M4,yummy! Here's another black beauty,a Leica ll.
Posted 48 months ago.
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Who can resist to a F ?
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All of the Olympus XA family share similar good looks, but the XA2 won the Grand Prix Design Award (sponsored by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Association) in 1981.
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can't make up my mind between these two.
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Can't believe nobody posted one of these! My favorite TLR. 
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to me beauty comes from utility.
Horseman SWD with 35mm f4.5 Rodenstock APO Grandagon and 6x6 Hasselblad back
allows for 17mm shift in all directions.
Originally posted 47 months ago.
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between the two, i'd go with the hasselblad.
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Clearly the most beautiful camera is one of these:
www.flickr.com/photos/kratz/890884408/
Posted 47 months ago.
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I like this... very very much.
Posted 47 months ago.
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Cant decide between the early rectangular, minimalist Werra's or the Exakta Varex IIa.
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It definitely has to be a folding camera:
Originally posted 47 months ago.
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This camera is a work of art with a futuristic design :-p Just kidding, I can't see the early compact digitals being appriecated as much as classic cameras.
This is the most beutiful camera I own however if I owned a hasselblad 501 cm I'd post that
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For me, my actually "hibrid"...this:
Modern tecnology mixed with the best legacy. It´s amazing!
Originally posted 47 months ago.
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Blanahi edited this topic 47 months ago.
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To bring it full circle...
And to me, beauty also has to include the way it feels in the hand...
Originally posted 46 months ago.
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Paul T. Marsh/PositivePaul edited this topic 46 months ago.
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Olympus OM series, single digit of course!
Some of my special babies...
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PositivePaul : I absolutely agree. Thats why I bought my first digital - Fuji MX2700, because it just felt RIGHT in my hand.
Posted 46 months ago.
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You always remember your first love.
Posted 46 months ago.
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I think she's a beauty.
Posted 44 months ago.
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Just recently got this Contax IIa with a 50/1.5 Sonnar and it's a beauty.
Posted 43 months ago.
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Oh yes! This Hassi looks really nice!!! Wow!
The Fuji 6x9 is amazing! And yes, your field cam really has some style!
*nods* i ♥ my sx-70, too. (and my onestep/1000).
between the two, i'd go with the hasselblad.
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