Your Dream Camera

[wonderlustking]

Bessa L and the 12mm!!!! I wish I had the money for one of these.

[Paul Goutiere]

Bessa L and the 12mm!!!! I wish I had the money for one of these.

There are two things about the Bessa L that are very fairly good; The built in meter and the shutter. The rest of the camera is unfortunately not very well made. I threw mine in the garbage.

If you are just wishing anyway, why not wish for the 12mm and a good Leica iiif or an adapter and a Leica M.

My Voigtlander 15mm is usually mounted on my Leica iiif and the combination is excellent.

[vpwphoto]

zsas... That's great to know... I just don't have the panache to hang it all out there on a paying assignment to do something that off the wall.
I used to use a Widelux which humored sitters... and last time I brought the view camera to an assignment, the professor thought I was too eccentric.

Sorry if my comment marginalized the meniscus/ pinhole users crowd.

I have earnestly apologized and clarified my point... again I AM SORRY and am done...

To the OP and a few others I like cameras with buzzy little gears to time shutters, 9 bladed aperatures and, purple and blue tinted mult-coated lenses and throw in some leather bellows... many cameras pull my strings... I like Roland Barthes description of a camera, "CLOCKS FOR SEEING"

[images39]

A couple of dream cameras that don't exist:

1) A Nikon F3HP with the same match needle viewfinder display as the FE/FE2/FM3A.

2) A Nikon F100 with a quiet shutter and silent motor drive. Impossible, but would be great!

Dale

[images39]

... Or to put it another way: A Nikon FE2 with the viewfinder of the F3HP.

Dale

[vpwphoto]

images39... I agree a Nikon F3 without the finicky electronic regulation... I have had two gently used F3's that were occasionally "gonzo". I know many will say F3's are rock solid... I have just been around 2 personally and a half dozen of colleagues that were less than reliable performers .... they are lovely devices thought.

[lxdude]

I have several dream cameras. All of them are digital.



It takes one digit to wind the film, two digits to turn the focusing ring...

[Jeff Kubach]

^^

Jeff

[André E.C.]

I have my dream system, my Hasselblad V, to that, I would add a SWC and that's it, perfect, the ultimate camera system...



André

[Pumalite]

I have several dream cameras. All of them are digital.



It takes one digit to wind the film, two digits to turn the focusing ring...

You must dream small then; unless we are talking Hasselblad Digital: @$38.000 bucks