The Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. Simple straight forward elegant with clean
lines no frills. Close second the LX with the FA2 finder. When you
start to add accessory shoes to the prisms cameras begin to look more
"business like". and blocky in spite of what otherwise might be clean
lines, well at least in my opinion. The Original Minolta SRT line of
cameras were quite nice looking but in a more muscular fashon as were
the Nikon's a bit too angular to be really beautiful though. Quite a
few such as the OM-1 can only be described as jewel like. But for shear
elegance you can't beat the original Spotmatic. I'm sometimes sorry I
no longer have one.
Margus wrote:
Well, yes, it is definitely ugly. Actually it well be used to
illustrate an article about photo equipment curiosities.
But lets vote the most beautiful film SLR for your eyes! (just the
design of camera/lens, not it's technical level).
My vote will go to... errr, I have to think a bit more :)
BR, Margus
P. J. Alling wrote:
http://home.uninet.ee/~margus02/peso/chinon_set.jpg
That's quite possibly the ugliest camera and lens combinations I've
ever seen...
Margus wrote:
Hi there,
I do collect old cameras. Can't help myself (even if I would like
to...).
Some weeks ago I got some items for my Chinon collection. Seller
from German eBay sent me also one camera that I can not name.
Manufacturer and model names have been brutally scratched off and
painted over. Just "Made in Japan" on both body and winder. Maybe
some of you can recognize it?
http://home.uninet.ee/~margus02/peso/unknown.jpg
Some technical specifications:
K-bayonet
Cloth shutter 8s...1/1000s
Manual shutter speeds + AUTO mode (most probably Av)
Power switch and electronic self timer are integrated. It's
tthree-position switch, which is quite unusually placed at TOP
panel, under the rewind knob.)
DOF preview, manual ISO setting (25...3200), exposure compensation
+/-2EV
LED shutter speed indication, horizontal-split focusing screen w.
microprism.
2x G13 batteries.
If someone is interested: here's my Chinon CE-5 with Winder S and
50mm AF lens:
http://home.uninet.ee/~margus02/peso/chinon_set.jpg
BR, Margus
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