Your best SLR

MattGrayson

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22 Nov 2007 - 5:14 PM

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Hi,
I'm interested what your favourite SLR is that you have ever owned.
It may be a camera that exceeded all your expectations, it may be your very first one or an old model you picked up at a car boot which is worth a fortune.

Mine was an old Fujica ST 801. It was my very first film SLR and I had been after an SLR for years, but had to use the colleges K1000s. I loved that camera and was gutted when someone at college stoled it.
Cheers

Geoffphoto

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22 Nov 2007 - 5:27 PM

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Nikon FM2 - taught me all the basics - in fact I has two - a cool black one (with a motor drive) and a silver one.

ckristoff

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22 Nov 2007 - 5:39 PM

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Canon EOS 3.



Frank.

Rob_Taylor

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22 Nov 2007 - 5:54 PM

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My first SLR was a Fujica too .....ST601 I think, loved that camera, it was all manual and the exposure meter had a needle! Later I had an Olympus OM10, loved that even more ....still have it in fact but haven't used it in years

Rob

IanA

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22 Nov 2007 - 6:24 PM

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2nd for the Pentax ME super!

alfpics

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22 Nov 2007 - 6:30 PM

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My first was a Fujica ... ST701 (does that make a set with the others above) Served me well for years. Would have to say, though the Pentax K10D is a real joy to use as is/was the Z1-P
Andy

Graywolf

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22 Nov 2007 - 6:34 PM

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Olympus OM 3

I love that camera.

It sits on my music drawers as I speak.
But my new 40D is awesome and I wouldn't really want to go back to film now I have moved to digital.

Just Jas

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22 Nov 2007 - 6:46 PM

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My first real SLR was the Praktina IIA (made by the Pentacon factory). This had a rotating ring bayonet mount. I added a Zenith EM to take advantage of screw thread lenses.

I part exchanged the Zenith for the Fujica ST605, then added the Fujica AZ1 with short range zoom lens, 43 to 75mm.

The Praktina IIA I part exchanged for the Yashicaflex TLR.

When Fujica abandoned the screw thread for the x-mount with a range of plasticy cameras I changed the Fuji's for Yashica FR and FR1 cameras, with the Yashica/Contax bayonet mount.

All of this 30 years ago!

Previous to buying the Praktina I used a Corfield Periflex Gold Star - a sort of SLR - it had a periscope instead of a hinged mirror.

Before that - various rangefinder cameras too numerous to name or remember!

My overall favourites are the Contax 139Q which I still own and use.