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Just a bit of light hearted chat on the run up to Christmas.
I don't think the perfect camera exists, but can any members suggest what they think comes close in the various catigories for picture quality, ergonomics and ease of use Etc. The most expensive in each catigory may not be the best!
DSLR
SLT
CSC
Bridge
Compact.
Other
DSLR: A Nikon
SLT: A Nikon
CSC: A Nikon
Bridge: A Nikon
Compact: A Nikon
Other......................pass!
Unfortunately, the perfect camera is useless if it isn't wielded by a perfect photographer!
'Just a bit of light hearted chat on the run up to Christmas'
DSLR - surely if must be something around the Mamiya Leaf type of category if portability is not an issue
SLT - Hasn't Sony got this sewn up - so the latest release of theirs
CSC - no Idea but Id look at what Paul shoots. Or an EOSm Mk2 when it comes out?
Bridge - Fuji - maybe the fujifilm sl245 a college here just bought ?
Compact. - Well i like panasonic lumix TZ10
Just some initial idea's
There`s no such thing 
DSLR, None
SLT, None
CSC, OMD
Bridge, none
Compact, fuji x10
Other, Olympus Trip, only has one button and it dosn`t take batteries, you can`t get much more perfect than that
DSLR: Any of my current Nikon bodies really. Cant see the need to change them so they are 'perfect' for me
SLT: Never used a sony, so no idea
CSC: Love my Nikon 1, but would like to try some others
Bridge: Not tried any that meet my needs. Dying breed IMO
Compact. Fuji XF1 on looks alone
Other: Love the Mamiya 645, but throw me a Leaf or Blad and i'd be a happy boy
Or, since i collect vintage optical equipment, i could write a list of a few classics missing from my collection!
It's funny how people get wrapped up in Brand names, it makes me smile.
My first camera was a Chinon CE4s, then a Nikon FE2 (I needed thr 1/250s flash sync speed). I switched to autofocus and went with a Canon EOS 100 as the AF was far superior to the other brands at the time. I sold that as I needed some cash at the time and later got a Nikon F50 for quick pics of the kids as they grew up. I aquired an Olympus OM2n with 50mm F1.4 (nice) and have now ended up with a Samsung GX20 DSLR (bargain for £250 with both 18-55 & 50-200 kit lenses a couple of years ago). I love the Samsung it does everything I need and takes older Pentax lenses "with metering" and I would never let my Nikon FE2 go. After saying all this some of the best shots I took many years ago were using the Chinon.
I think for most of us, unless you specialise in certain areas of photography the cameras are all the same - it's down to the photographers creativity.
So I would go with Nikon FE2 as my favourite
Its just what you get used to. I used Olympus and Nikon film SLR before going digital, and have since used Canon (briefly), Fuji and Nikon dSLRs. They all do pretty much the same, but the feel, menus and layout are different between brand
Stick to digital for the moment.
The near perfect camera does not necessarily have to be the most expensive. Its more about the cameras performance than the button pusher.
High end Bridge cameras seem to be gaining in popularity and quite a few DSLR users are moving over to them.
DSLR-Don't know
SLT-A37/57/65, possibly
CSC-Don't know
Bridge-Fujifilm X-S1, possibly
Compact-Fujifilm-X10, possibly
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