Just a quick question—what's your #1 favorite digital camera of all time?
Not the best one you've ever used, but the one you liked best. For any reason—familiarity, results, whatever.
Or, if you're primarily a film photographer now, what's your favorite film camera?
Just name one please—and please, try to keep your comment short. People love to talk about cameras, but the "tl;dr" (too long, didn't read) principle really comes into play when reading other peoples' camera histories. Bear in mind that others are reading through the comments and go a little easy on 'em.
My fave...
...And I'll make this short.
I love my NEX-6* and Zeiss E 24mm**. Despite owning several other digital cameras, it's my go-to buddy o' the moment.
But if I had to say, I'd still pick the 2004 Konica-Minolta 7D as my all-time favorite. It was my first DSLR, the built-in anti-shake worked a treat, and I still think the file quality was wonderful—it had the most accurate color of its time. Konica-Minolta's engineers really knew what a photograph should look like.
Even though it came out forty years ago***, it takes the palm as my #1 favorite of all time...so far.
Mike
*Sony recently consolidated the NEX-6 and NEX-7 in the just-announced A6000.
**Even though it's overpriced. I also use the Sigma 60mm DN lens, which I also love. That one is underpriced—punches way above its $$.
***In digital camera years.
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Featured Comments from:
Jack Luke: "I am primarily a film photographer and I feel my Fuji GX680-II cannot be beat for versatility. It's an absolute beast of a camera, but the huge negative, incredibly sturdy movements and slick operation make it all worth it. Of course, if I could afford to shoot on my ARCA model B for every shoot, I would."
Alexandre Buisse: "Nikon D4. Yes, it's a beast, but it's so fast and intuitive it feels like an extension of my body. And I know it can take all the awful conditions in which I am often shooting."
[Alexandre is a well-known mountaineering photographer. The Nikon D4 is currently back-ordered at several sources. —Ed.]
Chris Y.: "The Canon 5D 'classic' is my favorite of all time—it brought it all home. Moved on to the Mark III but still can't believe how good the original is."
Paul in AZ: "Short and sweet. I have gone back to film and love my Rolleiflex."
Stephen S. Mack: "Nikon D7000. (Short enuff?)"
Mike replies: Yes, thank you. :-)
John Wilson: "Ricoh GR Digital!"
Dovydas (partial comment): "For all manual focus lenses: Ricoh GXR A12 M mount with VF. Special Sony sensor with no AA filter and excellent arrangement of microlenses. Will handle any RF lens with no smearing and only Super ultrawides need some easy-to-do color drift correction. Will also handle all SLR lenses with ease."
Tim Allen: "It has to be my Fuji X100 (the original, not the S). Since the final firmware update I can't fault it and it's changed my photography for the better. Just sold my DSLR kit and bought an X-E1 to go with my X100 too. Couldn't be happier."
Gato: "The only digital camera I really loved was the funky Sony F828. I loved the swivel design and the looks of the thing, the fine lens and (for the day) excellent image quality. For making pictures I'm happy enough with my current Sony and Panasonic mirrorless cameras, but can't say I have any real emotional attachment to anything I own now."
Alan: "iPhone."
Mike replies: You win, Alan, that's the shortest answer.
Bill Pearce: "I am happy with my GX7, but haven't had it long enough to make that choice, but all in all, the digital camera I still think of fondly and still own and occasionally use is my Sony R1. Yes, it has its flaws, but no more than any other digital camera of its era. It could write faster, have faster AF and better low light performance, all things I expected in the R2, but Sony didn't need an R2, they got Minolta instead. Poor me."
Mike replies: Poor me too. I wanted an "R2" for years.
Edward Taylor: "I am an early adopter. I got into digital in the 1990s, and I kind of collect cameras. I do take an average of about 50 photos a day, so these cameras do get used. I have loved many cameras, but for this exercise, I will only consider cameras that can be purchased new at this time.
"Current favorite: Sony A7r (I only have the 35mm lens) Former favorite: Sony RX1 (which I returned because it seemed overpriced, but I really loved it). Honorable mention: Sony RX100 (which I carry around with me). Other great cameras I use and really like: Sony NEX-6 and NEX-7, Panasonic GH3, and Canon 5D MkIII."
[Edward has reviewed cameras for TOP several times. —Ed.]
Caleb Courteau: "The tiny combo of a Pentax K-5 with 21mm ƒ/3.2 Limited. Quiet shutter, lovely erogonomics, great image quality, and built as solidly as bowling ball."
Pierre Charbonneau: "Leica Monochrom, for the beautiful prints."
Rory O'Toole: "My Nikon D3s gets used the most (work), and I haven't had many other digital cameras. My first camera, Pentax ME Super, I loved for years, and I love my Holga too :-) "
Andrew Lamb: "I haven't got a favourite camera in either film or digital. However, a special mention must go to the Sigma DP2 Merrill. It's special."
Dan Gorman: "I'm a digital shooter now, but my first good camera—and still my all-time favorite—was my Canon FTb with the 50mm ƒ/1.8. I still have it, and my daughter just used it for her first photography class—how sweet is that?"
Gary: "F6."
Mike replies: Okay, Gary wins. (Sorry, Alan.)
Brad Burnham: "F5."
Mike replies: And we have a tie.
Stephan Kleiser: "F."
David: "M."
Mike replies: ...!
Cmans: "My friends and family portrait subjects call my Nikon D5100 a 'magic' camera because they say it makes them look so good, and I agree with them."
Mike replies: That's cool. That's all we're all really looking for, a magic camera, isn't it?
jim: "Olympus PEN E-PM2 plus VF-4. It's a KISS. First post after years and years of lurking. Your site is Wonderful. Thanks."
Mike replies: Thanks for commenting! And complimenting.
Phil Maus: "Ever the contrarian, it has to be my Shen Hao FCL180A 8x10 [link might take a while to load —Ed.]. I've used and enjoyed 'em all over the years, some digital too, but once I got my 'sea legs' under me with the 8x10, I can't ever see myself enjoying another camera the way I enjoy this one. (And that's as brief as I can be!)"
Christine Bogan (partial comment): "It took me some years to learn that I wanted to go back to one camera, one lens."
Robert Poe: "Digital: V1. Film: CLE."
Bob Blakley: "My favorite digital camera of all time is one I don't use any more: the Leica M8. I love it because it proved for the first time that a camera could be digital and still look and work like a camera."
Steve Ducharme: "My favorite camera is my next camera. For me, anticipation trumps contentment."
GX7! Why isn't this great camera more popular?
Posted by: Wayne | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:34 PM
Canon EOS 10D, not because it was such a great camera, but because it had so many shortcomings, I was forced to learn how to use a camera in modes other than "Auto". My last Film camera was a Canon EOS Elan II, loaded with color film and set to full auto, it produced 4x6 snapshots that I liked. The 10D was my first step into digital, and my full auto results were completely unsatisfactory on the big computer screen. I learned to love my 10D, because it was the camera that I learned on.
Posted by: Richard | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:40 PM
Konica Minolta Dimage A2.
Posted by: Paul Bradforth | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:41 PM
Sigma DP3 Merrill. Great lens, terrific sensor, intuitive interface.
Posted by: Jim Kofron | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:47 PM
I've had no digital SLRs, just film ones. Instead I've tried a bunch of digital compacts: the Nikon coolpix 700, a few Canon S50s, a Canon A590, an Olympus 8080wz, an Olympus EP1, a Sigma DP1, an Olympus OMD EM5.
I like the Oly EM5 a lot---a great travel and hiking camera that I'm happy to carry with me. Rugged and reliable. Good quality shots.
But somehow I most miss the offhand shooting and snaps---the less deliberate held-out-in-front-of-me view-making---that the EP1 forced me to make. I'm spoiled by the EM5's eagerness and responsiveness, so I can no longer shoot with my favorite, the EP1.
Posted by: Xf Mj | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:54 PM
If I could only take one camera to a desert island it would be my Leica Monochrom with its 35 Lux FLE. It makes me happy!
Posted by: Tony McLean | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:55 PM
Canon 5DII.
Bought in 2008. Still my main camera. 500,000+ exposures so far without even a hiccup, let alone a service need.
Haven't tried the III; it sounds even better but at this point I might wait for the IV.
Posted by: MM | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:55 PM
Nikon D300. A great workhorse camera with a great feature set and all the controls right where they need to be.
Posted by: Paul Thompson | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:57 PM
D3x
Posted by: Cecelia | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 01:59 PM
Leica M8.
Posted by: Gordon | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:02 PM
X20 for a year now ....
Posted by: knufi | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:16 PM
Fuji X-Pro 1.....great analogue ergonomics and fantastic output. A whole camera system for about the same as one good Leica lens :-)
Posted by: Grant | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:16 PM
Nikon V1. The first digital camera I really enjoy using. The camera gets completely out of my way, its fun to use like my film Leica I used in the late 90s.
Posted by: Jerome | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:19 PM
5D "Classic" and EF50/1.4. Quiet color magic.
Posted by: Scott Squire | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:22 PM
pentax k7. bought used after christmas and still learning it.
Posted by: grigoris | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:26 PM
5D
Posted by: alessandra | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:26 PM
Nikon D90 - my first DSLR which blew away all the compacts I had tried previously. I have bought better cameras since, but the differences were incremental.
Posted by: Kostas | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:31 PM
Film - Pentax Pz-1P
Digital - Nikon 4Ds
Posted by: Lorne Cheeseman | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:43 PM
D800, 70-200mm f/2.8
Posted by: Tom Williams | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 02:56 PM
If by favourite you mean the one I turn to the most often, Olympus Pen E-P1, according to my Lightroom catalogue (which also tells me it invariably has the Lumix 20mm f/1.7 lens attached). I have other, more modern, technically more adept, digital cameras but the original Pen is evidently the one I've bonded with. It's silver, slight, unobtrusive, unthreatening and more than a few people have mistaken it for a film camera. Second in my personal Lightroom ranking is the Fujifilm X100.
Posted by: Dave Wilson | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 03:19 PM
I'd have to go for the Sony R1. Longest camera I've ever owned (8 years and counting). Not in full time use currently, but it could be the one camera I'd own if forced to. Amazing lens, extremely quiet leaf shutter, outstanding battery life.
Posted by: Richard | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 03:21 PM
Ricoh GXR. Small(ish) camera, big(gish) sensor, intuitive and ergonomic controls, good image quality. I like it with the A12 50mm Macro module best.
Posted by: Bulent Celasun | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 03:21 PM
Sony NEX-7 and Zeiss 24mm f/1.8.
Posted by: sqrna | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 03:50 PM
Olympus OM-1
Nikon F100
Nikon D200
Nikon D700
Sold the Oly and all the fast glass that went with it, big mistake.
Still using the f2.8 Nikon AF-S Zooms that I bought when I got the F100, 17-35, 28-70 and 80-200! They just keep working and working.
Posted by: Dennis Hoover | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 03:54 PM
Canon 5D MkIII. It just works and is reliable, nailing focus and exposure. It becomes invisible and just does its job. After initial configuration of everything (AF, AF button under the thumb etc.) to suit my needs, I only ever use it in two modes: Manual at ISO100 and manual focus (for landscape), and Av mode for everything else. In Av mode I chose the f-stop and ISO I want, and the camera does the rest with only occasional exposure adjustment +/-.
Posted by: Ronny A. Nilsen | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 03:55 PM
M8/8.2. Still the best digital Leica!
Posted by: John Brewton | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 03:55 PM
The Fuji X-A1 has been my constant companion for the last four weeks as I walked the streets of London, visited my brother in a Oslo, then drove for two weeks in a Devon and Cornwall. Almost all the shots were with the 18-55mm. I also packed the Rokinon 8mm full-frame fisheye for tight quarters, and the Fuji 50-230 mm, not exactly birding length even with the crop factor, but it recorded a striking image of a European robin singing its little heart out.
Did not see a drop of rain or a flake of snow for the entire trip. Something is up with the weather. Will be back in Phoenix tomorrow.
Posted by: Allan Ostling | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:03 PM
My Olympus C5050Z - the first digital camera I bought, having waited until I found one that I thought I could use like a "normal" camera. I found myself taking it everywhere and experimenting with what it could do. I have bought too many cameras and lenses since and the image quality is better but I was very happy with that camera.
Posted by: Ian Douglas | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:14 PM
Olympus E-M5 with, currently, Sigma 30 mm f/2.8
Posted by: jd | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:18 PM
iPhone - I pull it out of my pocket, hit the home button, flip up the camera icon on the bottom right lock screen, compose, tap for focus and snap the picture. That all takes less than 3 seconds.
Other cameras are faster at that part - good ones do all that in milliseconds.
What I can do in the next 60 seconds is pull up the photo, edit it in an intuitive photo editor, and then (unobnoxiously) share that photo with family and friends.
The fact that grandparents a half a world away can live the moment of a sports event or a school play minutes after it has happened makes this my favorite camera.
Posted by: Kosch | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:20 PM
OLY E-1, For Sure!
Posted by: Larry Jasper (aka Oldbro) | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:24 PM
It's big. It's heavy. You're lucky if the battery lasts 50 shots. And IQ falls off a cliff above ISO 400. But find its sweet spot and the Leica DMR delivers like nothing else. The best digital red so far and DNG files that contain more subtle details and a finer gradation of tonalities than the NEFs from my D600.
Posted by: El Inglés | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:32 PM
My favorite was the used Leica III I acquired in 1956 for $65 while in high school. Some of the slower shutter speeds did not work properly, but the problem never really got in my way. In 1962, yy brother asked to borrow it to use during his junior year in Paris. Upon arrival, he promptly traded it for what he believed was a 14th century map of Europe. He then traded the map for what was supposedly an unsigned Modigliani print and an unsigned Picasso print. He proudly brought those back to me. To this day, we don't know whether the prints are real--he took them to the Art Institute of Chicago for evaluation. They could not say with confidence, but they doubted it. He later learned the map was genuine. My favorite since then is the Fuji X100S. It is simply more fun to use than the Pentax Spotmatic and Nikons I have owned.
Posted by: David Elesh | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:34 PM
D700
Posted by: Marius | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:40 PM
Olympus E-P1. I like the later Oly MFT cameras better in every rational way, but I still miss that E-P1. I hope it found a happy home with whoever bought it from me on eBay.
Posted by: Nicholas Condon | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:43 PM
OK.. I'll give this a try. I've used MANY digital cameras. Afterall, the digital roller coaster has been rumbling along for some time now, bringing us new 'necessities' every few months. I've been pushed around by P&S, SLR, and mirrorless mania all along the way. Through all of this I think I can say that my favorite has been the Fuji X-Pro1. Its ticked more of my 'boxes' than any othee. And I've owned it, by far, for the longest time. I've no doubt that there'll be others in the future, but for now its the Fuji.
Posted by: Jamie Pillers | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:49 PM
Canon G3.
Posted by: Robert Roaldi | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:50 PM
The D70s and an Ai 35mm Nikkor.
My newer D700 is technically a much better camera, and it even meters with that lens! But even with no AF and no metering, the D70s / 35 had a wonderful balance, and eventually I learned to figure out exposure methods.
Posted by: Alex | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:52 PM
The Epson R-D1 is still my favourite digital camera.
It is such a rare thing for a digital camera.
To have such intuitive, funtional and simple ergonomics, the very essence of photography.
It is everything the Leica M8/M9/M240 are sadly not, but could have been.
Posted by: Tony Carbon | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:52 PM
My favorite digital camera ever was the very first one I owned, a Kodak DC3200 (1.0 mega pixel) in 2001. It was Kodak's Brownie of digital cameras and made excellent pictures: spot-on exposures, beautiful realistic colors, and a decent 39mm equivalent lens. Fixed-Focus, Auto-Exposure, no adjustments possible. The body was a sturdy plastic and nearly indestructible. The menu could be understood without the book. Menu items and button labels were large enough to be used without reading glasses. Fond memories of that camera still lurk in the back of my mind.
Posted by: Clayton Jones | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 04:55 PM
OK. Back again because you're forcing me to pick a digital camera :P
My fave there would have to be the DMD, I mean, the Fujifilm X100S. Tabulate me!
Posted by: Jeff Hohner | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 05:11 PM
Sony a850. Beautiful colors, very nice resolution, excellent ergonomics. At low ISO values, still close to the current state-of-the-art.
Posted by: Mark Hespenheide | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 05:12 PM
For older digitals, I'd have to go with either the Sony R1, F717 or H1 - and if forced to choose I'd say the F717. Great lens, interesting tech.
Of course, I don't usually pull any of these ones out of the drawer - the Pentax K5 is my day to day shooter, but they were each great cameras in their time - the R1 and F717 still holding their own in good light.
Posted by: Zach | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 05:28 PM
That would have to be the Kiev 4 -- the first camera I knew well enough that I could break it and repair it and break it confidently again!
Posted by: Damien | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 05:36 PM
Nikon D300. It is literally my right hand. Fast autofocus, decent higher ISO. When using it I don't think about the tool (much) just about the image.
Posted by: Mark Levison | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 05:39 PM
Canon G3 in the very early 2000s. See what it could do in the hands of Wilson Tsoi on photo.net -- I believe he selected a subset limited specifically to this camera.
Posted by: Michael Matthews | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 05:42 PM
My favorite was my second digital camera, the Minolta Dimage XT, a tiny workhorse that I had in my pants pocket, together with keys and coins. Needless to day, it was all scratched up, including the LCD screen. Though the colors were a bit off (corrected in post), I enjoyed it better than even my subsequent DSLR and m4/3 cameras.
Posted by: toto | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 06:04 PM
Pentax K20D, no contest.
As a distant second and third: Samsung EX1 and Panasonic GF1.
Posted by: Neven Falica | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 06:10 PM
Sony DSC-F717. Still use it sometimes, too.
Posted by: Roger Engle | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 06:16 PM
Leica M8, despite the quirks
Posted by: fred fowler | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 06:34 PM
Sigma dp1. Quality per pixel, nice conversions to bw, fixed favourite focal length, small, calming (slow in other words).
Posted by: Raivis | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 06:36 PM
My favorite was probably my Konica-Minolta 7D; the close runner-up would have to have been its predecessor, the Minolta Dimage A1.
Posted by: Adam Isler | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 06:52 PM
KM 7D
Posted by: Mark Matheny | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 07:22 PM
X100 for me, still a real pleasure to use
Posted by: Ian P | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 07:44 PM
Olympus E-5 w/ 12-60 f/2.8 + 5 more 4/3rd lenses. Doomed from the start with the 12 megapixel sensor, but love that Olympus glass. Own EM-1 and it is not up to par with the 4/3rd lenses. Optically it is wonderful but AF speed falls short.
Posted by: Jay Yocis | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 07:45 PM
RX1
Posted by: Michael Bearman | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 08:13 PM
Since going mirrorless with the original NEX-5, it's been musical chairs with the NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-7, M9, RX1, X100 and X100s.
I finally settled on the original X100, and I plan on shooting it for a long time...
Posted by: GH | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 08:15 PM
Nikon d-40 with 16-85mm zoom
Posted by: Ronaldo | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 08:28 PM
It's my OM-D EM5
Posted by: Fred | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 08:30 PM
Film: M6
Digital: M9
Posted by: Steve Caddy | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 08:56 PM
Ricoh GR
Posted by: Steve Biro | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 09:14 PM
No question, my still-going-strong Fuji X100. Great colors, quiet, sharp, unassuming, easy to carry around. What else could you ask for in a camera?
Jeff
Posted by: Jeff Pressman | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 09:21 PM
Fujifilm X100
Posted by: Robert Ardinger | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 09:30 PM
Of the three I've used, my favorite is a nikon d200.
Posted by: Bill Wheeler | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 09:47 PM
Favorite and most used-Fujifilm X-10. Are they ever going to drop the "film"part of the name? Early favorite was an Olympus C-5050, followed by Pentax 1st DS and K-7.
Posted by: Philip Jelatis | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 09:56 PM
Best and favorite camera is my Nikon D700.
Posted by: Tom Twine | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 09:59 PM
Getting in a vote for my D700 before it's too late!
Posted by: Nick D | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 10:10 PM
Panasonic LX-3. Lens is better than newer editions. I've never found a DSLR that I've just loved. Would love to try a fuji x-pro or RX1.
Posted by: Scotto | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 10:28 PM
[Note: I submitted a comment last Friday, but I don't see it anywhere, so I'll try again. Not trying to have my vote counted twice!]
My hands-down favorite digital is the Nikon D3s; best camera I've ever owned (or used, for that matter).
Favorite film camera -- Nikon F4S.
Posted by: GKFroehlich | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 10:43 PM
OMD-EM5!
Posted by: Randy Allen | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 10:45 PM
Sony nex 7
The shutter makes such a nice snicky sound. The tri-navi makes it possible to control the camera with your right thumb. The grip fits your hand so snugly. And the lenses. Two lovely Sigma primes plus the lovely Sony 50mm portrait lens cover most of the focal lengths I need and now we have the delectable Zeiss 16-70 zoom for lazy vacation shooting. As close to perfection as you can buy.
Posted by: huw morgan | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 11:14 PM
Going to try and get my vote in as well, before it's too late.
My all-time favourite camera to shoot with so far has been my Olympus E-5. It married actually quite lovely, modern image quality with a camera body that I adore, still to this day. I'm happy to have moved on to more modern sensors with my new E-M1, but everything about the E-5 feels just so very right in my hands, especially with a Pana-Leica 25 1.4 on the front.
Posted by: Jayson Merryfield | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 11:31 PM
Sony RX10: great lens, sensor, controls, and features like sweep panorama and Sony's incomparable "Rich Tone Monochrome" mode.
Posted by: John Kupersmith | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 11:33 PM
Eos 6d, because it's the one I use now .... I can't get sentimental about these things...I am, supposed to be, a practical man.
Posted by: Ivan Muller | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 11:51 PM
The Fuji X100S is the one that feels most right in my hand. Great files and colors. Silent to a fault and ergonomics designed for a photographer. And with the right do-almost-all focal length.
I've gone on long trips with that camera alone and it has never let me down.
If I had to choose a second camera, it'd be its big brother the X-T1 paired with the 56mm f1.2. That giant EVF and ergonomics are to die for.
Much as I loved the images from the Sony A7 and the awesome 55mm f1.8 ZA, the Sony never felt totally at ease with me. A little too loud. A little slower on the AF. A little too fiddly…
Posted by: mrbrown | Monday, 17 March 2014 at 11:56 PM
I forgot to add, just out of interest, that my favorite, personal photography lens, to go with the Eos 6d, is the 40mm pancake from Canon!
I asked my wife which camera she thought was my favorite, and she replied, my 'ex' Leica X1. The truth is that for 2 1 /2 years I almost used this little camera exclusively for my personal work.... It really made me see anew and rejuvenated my photography!
Posted by: Ivan Muller | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 12:08 AM
Olympus Pen EPL-1 with the kit lens.
Posted by: Lisa Gorrell | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 12:20 AM
Pentax K5 II.
Quiet, small, great sensor, in-body IS, weathersealed, and (finally!) autofocus that works properly.
Posted by: Euan Forrester | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 12:23 AM
Pentax K-01, surprisingly.
I love it more than the K100Ds (used to own) and K-7 (still have it).
Posted by: Alvan Yap | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 12:24 AM
Has to be my Sigma DP2 Merrill
Posted by: Stephen Passmore | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 01:49 AM
Repost riposte.
Just one and digital? I had the only (it seems) "works without a problem" Epson RD 1. First use of Leica and Voightlander lenses before Leica's lame M8.
Sorry I sold it.
Posted by: Gabe Bandy | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 02:08 AM
My Leica M9.
Posted by: Marco Maroccolo | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 02:17 AM
Favourite film camera? Now that's a lot harder.
For sheer convenience, the Minolta 9xi I'm presently having a blast with. A streamlined and minimalist body (though criticised as the time!). It, with the two beer cans, gives a very nice kit, with a 24 to 210 focal range that fits into one of the smallest Lowepro bags.
Best of the manual focus SLRs, the Leica R7. Small, beautifully built and intuitive. What else can one say about the ultimate development of the already excellent Minolta XD-7/XD-11. Just edges out the small Nikon models.
Best of the autofocus SLRs, I think the Canon EOS 1V. Indestructible build and infallible in the field. Much preferred by me to the Nikon F6 which has neither quality. But special mention of the Nikon F4 for its build, flexibility and simplicity of use (as Thom Hogan wrote, with a modern AF system, Nikon could have chosen to bang them out today).
Sorry about the verbosity.
Posted by: El Inglés | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 02:41 AM
My vote goes for sony nex-5.
I loved my Konica Minolta 7D and my brother is still using it, it is still fun to shoot with a DSLR (sony a100 is my current camera). The sony mirrorless system became matured and the lens line is getting fine for my purposes, so I shoot more and more with the nex-5. It's getting old but I don't feel the need to change it. My next camera will most probably be a sony A6000. My remaining issues with the nex seems to be solved (fast AF, viewfinder, better flash communication, lacking lenses), but today, my favorite camera is nex-5.
Every year I make a selection of my best photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiberstrobe/sets/72157639083789444/
In 2013 most of the selected photos (10 out of 16) were shot with the nex-5.
Cheers
Marcell
Posted by: Marcell Nikolausz | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 03:10 AM
Fujifilm X100.
Posted by: Craig Arnold | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 03:49 AM
Panasonic LX3
Posted by: Mike Chisholm | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 04:03 AM
Panasonic FZ200. Does everything and well. 1.3 pounds of pure photographic pleasure.
Posted by: Jock Elliott | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 05:43 AM
Digital - easily the Canon 5D mk III ... the first digital camera that has stopped me looking at upgrades because it's simply that good.
Film - that's very, very tough. My early 80's Olympus OM-2SP gets an annual burst that reminds me every time why I chose it over the Canon T50/T70 way back. But on balance it would have to be my Hasselblad 503cx and 'Blad glass ... if you've never marvelled at 6x6 colour trannys shot with simplicity on the V you've really missed out.
Posted by: Sam | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 05:55 AM
I have to say the most fun I've had with a digital camera is the Panasonic GM1 although I use all the serious professional gear for all my work.
Posted by: Peter Bendheim | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 05:59 AM
Fujifilm F30
Posted by: Howesbob | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 07:02 AM
A7
Posted by: Christer | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 07:10 AM
5D MK3
Posted by: Anton | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 07:13 AM
M8, for the reason Curt stated, I learned the most with it. Would be using the M now if the things (and the lenses) weren't so expensive.
Favorite film camera: The MP, it just felt right.
Favorite film SLR: F100, built like a tank, compact, all the right features.
Posted by: Joseph Reid | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 07:20 AM
Still using them, film minolta 9000, digital Minolta 7D.
Posted by: pedro-rafael | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 07:56 AM
In case I am not too late for the poll ...
My favourite digital camera must be Fuji X-E1. I like it for it's sensor and no-nonsense design.
My vote for analog camera must go to Olympus XA. A great small camera.
Posted by: Tom Simonsen | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 08:22 AM
Fuji X-T1. Have it only for a few days but the ergonomics and overall performance are simply amazing.
Posted by: Donny E. | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 09:27 AM
Film: Hasselblad SWC 903
Digital:Canon 1DsIII
Posted by: Michael Perini | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 09:48 AM
Canon 5D ("classic")
Posted by: David McGaughey | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 09:50 AM
Olympus OMD E-M1
Posted by: Matt | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 09:54 AM
My favorite Digital camera is my Nikon D600 with the 24-85mm "kit" lens
Posted by: Mike Reyburn | Tuesday, 18 March 2014 at 10:10 AM