Our 8 Favorite Cameras of All Time $200 to $7,000 

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Seeing your RB67, Tony, reminded me of my wedding photography days back in the 80's. People that think modern cameras are heavy should try carrying around a RB67 with an eye-level finder and a huge handle mount flash attached for an entire day's wedding shoot. Not to mention having to change film out every few shots. I know I sound like I had to walk uphill to school both ways everyday. But, we really have it easy now.

Tony, I recently retired as a school teacher in Northern California and I have been viewing your videos with you and Chelsea and have developed a total trust in the skills you both possess, your ability to teach is infectious because of your passion and love for getting it right. Chelsea, thank you for building Tony up and not stepping away, both of you make an awesome team and I look forward to more of your podcasts and videos. I wish you all the BEST... Rudy

I love how you guys don't over-edit your videos. Really makes it sound like a conversation, but with great b-roll as well.

Nikon FE. Solid build and I am still using it regularly after 41 years.

I think, the D850 is still the best studio camera that you can get. I shoot also with Sony, but these cameras are sexy as a fridge. They work almost flawless, but they don’t give you the feeling, take me and let’s go out and shoot some pictures. They’re just perfect workhorses. I personal love the G5X MKII.

My favorite camera is a Lumix G9. It's very versatile with a huge selection of lenses (from the super tiny 12-32 up to the PL 10-25 f/1.7 and Olympus 40-150 f/2.8 pro). I tend to only use it for pictures at home and for weddings and events. I have a G95 and GX85 for travel but if I could only have one camera I'd pick the G9. With the release of the GH6 I have renewed excitement for a possible upgrade to the G9. My only real complaints are that I could do with a bit more SNR at high ISO and more resolution doesn't hurt. I'm still waiting on the detailed test results of the GH6 sensor but from video reviews I'm seeing about 1 extra stop at high ISO vs the G9 or about 1.5 vs the G95. Pretty decent considering the extra resolution they also added.

My favorite is the Oly E-M10 II. It's the last well made one of the M10 series. And with the tiny 1.8 lenses it's very discrete too. Fun little camera, with nice controls and cool looking.

My first camera was an Olympus OM-1. It was more than a decade old when I got it in the late 80s. I loved it. Great Zeiss lenses, wonderful tactile experience, easy to carry, easy to use.

This was a fun topic, I always enjoy watching you two chatting about photography instead of just reviewing gear or talking gear news (but that has it’s place obviously). I try to not get attached to my gear, but if I was headed out on a photo walk today I’d put my A1 on one shoulder and maybe my Pentax MZ-S over the other.

Thank you for another episode. You two are very informative and interesting. For professional photography and videography my favorite camera is Canon R6. For person film projects my current favorite is a medium format Mamiya M645 1000s. It shoots 15 6x4.5 photos. I also are shooting with 20 other analog cameras.

I’ve got Z9 now and I’m busy experimenting with it. Still, I can’t see myself ever giving up my D850. Love it.

As always, great video! I started out shooting solely Canon years ago but recently sold all of my Canon gear having switched to Sony. The one Canon camera I kept is my SX60 HS. The IQ isn’t the greatest but the reach on this small camera makes it great for bird ID. (I used to have a 600 mm F4 but sold it because it was too much of a hassle to take on airplanes.) One camera I’m surprised you didn’t mention is the Sony RX100 VII. As you know, this is also a very small camera with fantastic IQ and excellent for video. Finally, I just bought the Mavic 3 after several years of flying Phantom 4 pros. Like Tony, I’m thrilled with this drone and as in your video, drones really change your perspective.

Wow, you're bringing back some memories. I replaced my Speed Graphic 4X5 with a Mamiya RB 67 for industrial photography about 45+ years ago! I had to use a Polaroid back with P/N film because access was often limited to maintenance shutdowns, so I needed to check results immediately on-site. The SLR features were much more convenient than using a View Camera, and the shots were sharp & clear, which is always a challenge with industrial photos. I needed to use a wide angle lens for tight positions, but sometimes found the 80mm lens to have a lot of pincushion distortion that made retouching difficult for enhancements of rectilinear geometry. The RB67 was a great workhorse! If I had a time -machine then, I'd visit the future for today's impressive digital technology for shots & editing! Today's photographers rarely know how spoiled they are!

I really enjoy your videos, C & T. I’ve been shooting for 40 years (Nikon, Mamiya, Fuji & Canon), but the Air 2S has opened a whole new world of photography for me. I just did a roundup of my favourite 50 images of 2021, and heaps of them were drone images. Thanks for another lovely, informative, chill video. 👍🦘🇦🇺

4:11 Chelsea's little "they're both" needs to be mentioned. 👏👏👏🙂

My favorite camera is the Pentax 645N. It’s incredibly versatile and reliable. Handy modern features ensure it keeps up with fast pace shoots. I shot a wedding on a dual camera shoulder rig with a Sony a7R3 and Pentax 645N; the Pentax kept up wonderfully and produced some of my favorite photos from that day. It’s also great having a film reference as Kodak Portra and Ilford B&W films deliver a look that will surprise and amaze. For the price of an advanced mirrorless camera body, you can fill your camera bag with a complete Pentax 645N system perfect for any occasion and love every frame you shoot. To top it off, it’s one of the few film cameras that saves metadata on the film under each frame. The Pentax 645N is simply clutch.

Tony - you surprised me! Leica M10-D! I love that you pulled this one up first! Best thing I did since my first Nikon FE (1982..? I know..) was to buy the M10-D. I have had a bunch of feature-rich-cameras - but the M10-D connects with the soul of photography in a different way. Now that I have trained to use it fully manual (Thanks - Justin Mott) and getting pretty good at pinning the focus - it takes me back to why I started with photography in the first place. Now a collector's item!

I had stop watching you guy’s for a while because of all the negativity ( putting everything down)… it’s fun to see the passion you still have for photography!

My Olympus PEN-F small and easy to carry.

On the medium format film front, I agree with Tony. I love my Bronica S2, it’s just gotten so expensive to shoot. $1.75 every time I release the shutter

In addition to my previous comment, I have to say my all time favorite camera was my Wista 4x5. It was the whole experience from loading the film holders to printing the negatives. The whole process made me slow down and think about what I was shooting. You only get 2 shots/film holder. I loved the total control you have from correcting the perspective (shift, swing, tilt rise & fall), grouping negs together by their lighting conditions (sunny, cloudy, studio). The whole process made me think to the darkroom; the better the neg the easier to make a good print. With one lens I could do landscape, portrait, interior to macro: using the formula bellows length squared divided by focal length squared for exposure compensation due to light fall off from the bellows being extended.

Which camera was 200 dollar? You showed cameras which cost lots of money?

Hoping you or someone can help. Looking to buy either the R5 or R6 for RU-vid videos paired with a Canon RF 15-35. Just how much of a differerence will the 4K HQ of the R5 be over the 4K of the R6? I only shoot in 24p, thanks.

I bought my Canon A-1 in 1980 and I still use it. July 2013, I bought one of my bucket list cameras, the Canon New F-1 with the AE Finder FN and the AE Motor Drive FN from KEH. My quandary of whether shoot B&W or color is now solved. When I told my wife about the F-1, she asked "Is that their flagship?" I answered "Yes, for the 80's" She said "But it." Another of my bucket list cameras is the Mamiya RB67 and a 4x5 view camera. Christmas 2013, my wife bought me a Canon 5D III. On my 5D, I turned off the previously shot image review.

My first camera Canon A1. I picked it over the Nikon FE2 because the winder on the FE2 poked me in the bridge of the nose when it was on. I also love my RZ67 PRO II I used it for my daughter's team basketball and soccer team photos. Now I use the RZ67 for landscapes.

Film: Olympus OM-1n and Kodak Brownie Reflex (Poor man's Rolleiflex) Digital: Fujifilm X-T3

Another good video. I keep coming back to watch and listen. Thank you. I love my Canon 90D. I could afford it, my existing 2 lenses worked (of course several new ones -- HAD to have the 100mm. L macro lens, and Tony sold me on the 70-200 range so I got the 70-200 L II f/4). Having a great time shooting and learning.

My fav was my first SLR, the Minolta SRT-101 with 50mm f1.4. Fully manual film camera with built in light meter. Some of my best and still today most endearing shots were on that camera. It only had a watch battery for the light meter. I moved up from a Yashica TLR to get it. You’re absolutely right about GAS and tech everything taking away from the experience and flow of what we do… I shoot A7IV today but still manual exposure triangle. I think AF is a game changer.

1, Canon FTb was my favorite camera in times of film. I had 3 of it. 2, my smallest favorite camera is the Sony RX100VA, 1.8-2.8 24 - 70 3, DSLR Nikon D750 I dont want to miss the built in flashlight on the go

The Mamiyas were nice cameras, but miserable outside a studio. The Pentax 67 was my preference - a lot more practical and able shoot 120 or 220 without having to have separate backs. I think in real terms, everybody's favourite camera was the Nikon F3 produced from 1980 to 2001 - despite the release of the F4 and 5. They were still available for sale after 2021, with stock from the end of the run. As with the F2, the F3 enjoyed a boost in sales when it’s successor was announced. Initially photographers feared the concept of an electronic shutter on the F3, 16 years later they feared almost everything on the F4 and many professionals rushed out and brought a couple of extra F3 bodies to ensure they’d never have to switch. - there was no price reduction on the F3 when the 4 was announced.

The interaction between you two is just so dynamic! All the best for 2023!

Nikon Nikonos with 15mm, 20-35mm, 50mm and 80mm lenses. Great fun underwater and when paddling white water rivers, but served well as a street and off the track camera.

Loved my RB-67! Even took it backpacking into the Sierra Madre's with the 50mm f/4.5. Stunningly fun!

😍 happy to see you guys again

I had to laugh at 14:52. Tony: "I don't care about people at all."

Always good to see the two of you. To be honest, when I read "of All Time", I was expecting older cameras and not the mirrorless variety. For me? Canon FTb, Kodak Z740, and Nikon D80. (none of which I use today - but they have such great memories.) Looking back, it seems people "upgrade" much faster today, often within the same year. Oh well, nobody wants to hear about "the olden days" I suppose - TY for your video, I appreciate your time.

My favorite camera of all time and I've been shooting for 50 years. It is the Canon F-1. Being primarily an action photographer it was heavy but, heavenly.

Pentax Spotmatic, Leica Q, Sony A7r3, iPhone 13

Great idea. Loved the episode.

Always wanted to shoot with the RB 67. A couple my favorites I did shoot with: the Polaroid SX-70. The most beautiful camera I ever had. Also the Olympus XA. A pocketable 35mm film camera. Such fun.

For cell phones, I found the Ulanzi Cap Grip makes shooting with the phone so much more enjoyable. Under $20 and you can actually handle your phone like a camera. I use mine on my Samsung S21. Tripod socket on the bottom and a removable shutter button you can use to trip it from up to 40 feet away. Some of my favorite cameras have more to do with past experiences and some are just enjoyable to use. I have to go with the Nikon FM. I made a living with that camera for a while. Simple three lights metering, rugged, and you were the computer. I pulled some solid shots in a variety of conditions with that camera and some basic lenses. I got it when I traded my Hasselblad (which I had traded my Nikon F4s on) for a view camera just so I would have a 35mm SLR. The Nikon F4s was a favorite too. I referred to it as a really great manual focus camera as the autofocus at the time was slow and noisy. The Yashicamat 124 was a pretty fun, but basic medium format camera. These days though I have found that the digital camera I reach for most often is the Canon 6D. I did recently trade my Sony A7RII for a Canon 80D with looks to be a lot of fun. I don't really need 42 MP or want to buy a new computer to process those massive files. Not to mention you don't leave the house with the A7RII unless you have a pocket full of batteries. In the mirrorless line, I did keep my little Sony a5000 and a few basic lenses. I can't help it. It's just such a fun, small camera that can still produce some nice images. I did make the mistake of keeping a few basic Nikon lenses when I sold my D90 a few years ago. I had lenses, so I ended up getting a good deal on a Nikon D300. Used with a vintage lens or the 50mm f1.8 I do enjoy using it and those 12 MP images can still be enlarged a bit. Last on this long list. A truly fun camera that makes some pretty nice images is an old Canon 20D that has been converted to infrared. With the 40mm f2.8 pancake it is easy to haul around and it's almost like using an SLR again in operation. Even at 8MP it still makes some nice IR images. Not bad for a camera I paid just under $100 for. I don't shoot for a living now and haven't for a while. Though I have done a few portrait sessions outdoors with the Canon 6D. I like cameras that I bond with and when taking photos that experience is part of the joy.

A 1972 Nikon F2 35mm film camera with a 36 exposure roll of black and white film and a 50mm f1.4 lens. You can shoot in photograph anytime of day or night with a f1.4 lens.The images you make with this set up are unmatched by any digital experience, and its a beautiful looking camera too. Send the film to get developed and scanned at the same time.

Good for YOU Chelsea for putting Tony in his place regarding the Nikon D850!! ;) It is STILL a great camera!! Ahh...and if it has been good enough for the brilliant David Yarborough and his incredible art...it is obviously an outstanding DSLR and continues to be! Not everything has to be mirrorless. It's a tank in all the right ways! And oh gee--it's doesn't have eye detect! AWWW! And what was with your hubby during this?! He looked completely out of it on this video--tired, or high as a kite?! ;) A terrific choice!!

Loved my Sony RX1R because it took great candid photos. I also took my Yashica mat 124 to friends and family weddings as well as holidays, and noticed people taking photos of me using the camera probably to show off to their parents that there was a time traveller present from their time.

I used an M645 for almost 20 years until digital replaced it. I ran a Pro Lab for 20 years and had a place to run 120 along with the 10 thousand rolls of 110, 126, 135, 120 220.

The most fun camera I ever had was the Olympus OMD EM5. The camera with the most beautiful images straight out of the camera were my Fuji cameras; I had the X100F and especially loved the B&W ACROS mode, however I always found the images a bit soft. I now have the Fuji XT2 which is a great little camera. However, I'm looking again at the new X100V because I believe they have fixed the sharpness issue.

I absolutely love the Lumix GM1. I wish I hadn't sold it. It's so small and has really good image quality. It's hard to find because it's truly pocketable and can use any m4/3 lens!!!

I did love the Fuji GA645, Canon 5DmkII and now the new mirrorless Canons. Also the Mamiya RZ67 was fun!

I'm pretty sure the real reason for the RB/RZ rotating back is because a waist level viewfinder is a little hard to use when your camera is on its side. :D

I have an RB67 and love it . YES and love the sound of the shutter going off.

My favourite lens of all is my Sigma 180mm f2.8 OS APO Macro. It's heavy and not that fast, and the OS is a bit loud. BUT: -Incredibly sharp at f4. So, it's great for portraits, and animal pics. So, I can use it to get a picture of any thing that is human sized or smaller. That's quite a range for a fixed lens. -Easy and otherworldly macro photography that melts everything that isn't the subject (because focal length). And, the subject can be alive since the minimum 1:1 focus distance is like half a yard away (because focal length). No need to kill a bug to get a picture of it. If I bring that lens with me for travel, I WILL come home with an interesting shot.

Olympus EM10IV - fits in my pocket, interchangeable lens, friendly retro design, in-camera battery charging and flip down (i.e. selfie) screen - it's the camera the EM10 was always intended to be. No PDAF but not a problem for me. I had a Sony A7ii for a while - and have kept the lenses so may go back to Sony again - but the Oly is the camera I always seem to have on me. Love the vid, guys - some fun cameras on there!! :-)

My Z6ii with a fast 85 presently the Z85 1.8, I have candle light handheld portraits my D750 could never get, plus the Z 20 1.8 on this camera does amazing Astro work.

I’m aiming for an original Fuji X100 for my birthday. I used one for two days and absolutely loved it.

Thanks very much for your excellent videos I have a Nikon Coolpix P100 and I had not used it for some time now when I light pt up I have to set the date & time and I thought after that it would keep the date and time but each time I put the battery in it asks for the date again does this camera not have a backup internal battery or as it become unusable and needs replacing, thanks Tony & Chelsea Roy Dunstan

You can actually at a 1.4x tele conversion lens on the Fuji which brings it to 50 mm equivalence without any loss of speed. It is TCL-X100II

Another great video. I am a Canon shooter, but I agree with you regarding the Nikon D850. It is such an amazing camera.

Excellent. Just like your book I bought. My first camera was my dad’s Voigtlander Vito b. I now have a Leica CL. Keep up the good work.

I don't have a lot of cameras to choose from, but my favorite is my Canon SX520 HS. I've had a few snapshotty cameras, but the SX520 was the first one I owned that could take decent photos and it got me interested in learning photography. Yeah, I have a better camera now, but I still use the 520 sometimes.

I got myself an RB67 some months ago but still haven't gotten around to shooting on it as I find it a bit intimidating ... but definitely a beautiful piece of machinery

First camera I got was an Olympus OM-1 SLR. Was a hand me down from my father, got it in the 80's. I could never surpass the quality of pics I took with that OM-1 even though it's a fully manual camera.

I love your thoughts about candid and street photography with smaller, non-distracting cameras. Small and light is everyting for me. My favorite now is a Leica M10R

The RZ67 Pro-ii is my hands down favorite medium format film waster, the waist level finder does a great job of looking better than any LCD display ever with a possible exception being the new mini LEDs from Apple! Having the image presented upside down tripped me up at first but now it does a fantastic job of allowing me to focus on the arrangement of shapes within a composition rather than getting literal with the actual subjects. I carry it around handheld with no problem, one of the advantages of being a 6 foot five 200 pound human: I am my own mass stabilizer! One sad note, you’re going to find if you have the Polaroid back like I do for the system, prepare to spend $100 and up per pack of FP 100c. They discontinued it in 2016, I had made a large purchase of it prior to that because I heard through the grapevine the end was coming, and I ended up giving my stash of film away to a friend who is doing far more interesting things with it than I would have. That 6 x 7 frame though, I love how it almost does the composition for me, lots of examples of it on my Instagram account. And it’s a seamless round trip when I pick up the newly acquired hot rod GFX100S: even though one is a Fuji and one is a Mamiya, the cameras feel like they share common ancestry.

One of my all-time favorite cameras was the Minolta Vectis Weathermatic Zoom. It was a great camera for paddlesports and float fishing trips before the digital cameras.

Nikon N90 was one of my favorite cameras of all time. But now, it’s Fujifilm X-T4

I’m sitting here watching you with my Sony a1 hugged to me. Never thought it would be mentioned. Wonderful camera!!!

I'm a recent subscriber and I'm obsessed lol. Love what you two do. Also ordered Stunning Digital Photography 😊

The camera I use the most and love to work with is the Nikon Z5. You can routinely find them on sale for a thousand dollars and the results are full frame goodness with Nikon colors along with two card slots and IBIS. While I use the ZFC adapter most of the time to be able to use my older F mount lenses, I bought a $90 Z mount, 35mm 1.4 manual focus lens from 7 Artisans that is so much fun to use, especially for street photography on a sunny day. Just set the F stop to F8 or greater and the in-focus depth of field is very wide. The images are bright, colorful, and fun taken with a full frame camera that is as light and compact as a Fuji XT3. The little lens has manual focus and aperture which combined with auto ISO and a reasonable shutter speed make it effortless to shoot. I don't have to think about settings when walking around, just point and shoot. The 7 Artisans company now has a 0.95 lens for Nikon Z that would be fun to try.

The EOS R5 is my fav all around camera. It’s a camera that feels as if it isn’t going to age, after a year of firmware updates it just works. 12 fps mechanical shutter is great at 45 mp. I love that R5 is made in the homeland of the company that designed it. That creates a connection with me to what is a cool instrument.

Nikon FM with 35mm f/2 and 85mm f/2 AIS lenses. Great light weight and compact system with tank-like reliability. The FM was the successor to the Nikkormat and was Nikon’s answer to Olympus’s OM1 line of compact cameras in the late 1970’s. Shot with this for over 30 years with NO problems.

I have a Fujifilm X-S10 which of course is APSC. So, I picked up a tilt/shift adapter and a bunch of glorious old Nikon Nikkor full frame lenses to use with it. I primarily tilt with the adapter and use it expand my depth of field. It’s great fun to shoot in a dark environment wide open with the AiS 50mm f1.2 and pull this targeted focal plane at f1.2 or 4. It is also useful in landscape photography if you want a sharp foreground, too. The lenses are easy to get CLAed if needed and you end up some really nice stuff relatively inexpensively.

I used to own (and use) a Mamiya RB67 Pro S (got it in 1981) which is just so utterly good. One thing worth mentioning is that it is extended medium format (54x68mm negative size) so it is not cropped down like a Hasselblad negative was for a rectangular print. I do own a Leica D-Lux 7 which is really worth a look - only around £1,150 and there is so much you can do with it including editing RAW on the camera itself.

I love my Leica M9 on a bright sunny day! Love the CCD sensor

Looking forward to Chelsea sharing between R5 and A1 ‼️

Great and thoughtful video as usual . Drone use is very restricted here in NZ , I’ve seen tourists ruin tranquil spots for everyone using them illegally but I agree what they offer is hard to resist and add a quality to vlogs that is just so cinematic. I guess though if they were silent you’d have a whole other crop of people complaining about being spied on. Cheers Chris (R5 & 11Pro Max )

Indeed the D850 and also the K1, both my favorites for landscapes.

Fun talk about the experience of photography. I enjoyed it.

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Mamiya rz67 with a CCD digital back is my best! difficult to shoot with but the results are out of this world!

Great show guys. Keep up the good work 🙂 I am an amateur photographer from Norway. I have used several canon cameras, the last one a 6D. When the Mirrorless era started to become reality, I was recommended to try Fujifilm. I did, I started out with an X-M1 and got hooked, since then, I went via the X-e2 and currently use the X-t3. The X-t3 is by far the camera I have loved the most. If Fujifilm release an X-H2 or X-T5 in May with stacked sensor, I will probably get one of them, but I will still keep my trusted X-T3 🥰

Nikon D500 - I'm still using it 5 years later... even having other cameras, this is still my go to camera for wildlife and sports photography...

I use a Bronica GS-1, 6x7 medium format no rotating back but it's light enough to handhold with a Speedgrip to easily switch orientations. I develop black&white at home, fun and saves substantially on cost.

Congratulations on 1.5 million!

My all time fav is my current Nikon Z7. It is my do it all camera. But I have to give homage to the Fujifilm X-T1. It got me back into photography with its old school look and satisfyingly tactile dials, shutter buttons, etc.

I love shooting my Mamiya 645super with AE prism finder. In 35mm terms I usually use Pentax mz-5n that I bought 20-something years ago. But usually I'm taking Sony a7 iii or - if weight is an issue - Olympus OM-D E-M10 ii. With all cameras I use trio of lenses: 35, 50 and 85mm - read in 35mm film terms, so 55, 80, 150 for M645 and 17, 25, 45 for OM-D series.

My "carry everywhere" camera is the Ricoh GRIII. APSC sensor with in-body image stabilisation. (Same as the Pentax K70 dSLR). Fixed 18.5mm lens. Pouch to hand on my belt. Rear-screen viewing. Simple right-handed-only operation. Range of options to make it the ultimate street photography and general snapshot camera. (My main camera is the R5 with several lenses).

Very happy with my Sony A7iii, first camera I have owned where I didn’t wish I bought something else or wish I spent a little more to get a better model.

Fun to cozy down with Chelsea and Tony and talk about cameras and take our minds off what’s going o around us. Want to hear more about Chelsea’s growing interest in the Sony a1 especially for wildlife. Your long term real life experience with the Canon R5 and the Sony a1 is of great interest to me . 😊

T and C, This one is fun, and the cameras are interesting, covering such a span of type and model. And as always, you two interact so nicely together, really adds a warm feeling to it.

Like Chelsea, the Nikon D850 remains one of my all time favourite cameras. But much like Tony’s Leica experience, I also spend a bit of my photography time shooting 35mm film, just enjoying the moment and waiting for results down the road. I have a dozen film cameras, but the Nikon FM3a, is a whole lot of fun in a small package. Speaking of small, one of my other favourite walkabout cameras is the Sony RX100V. Not much bigger than a pack of cards, but a ton of great tech/results. I love my Z cameras too. So many cameras….Nikon F2, F3,F100….Minolta X-700….its really difficult to play favourites!

My first camera was a Zenit my dad gave me to use in my first photography course in 2005. I was surprised that I nailed it when I developed my first film.

I know the things you could select was limited but surprised there was not 35mm film camera from when you might have gotten interested in photography but maybe your enough younger that you had no love of film when you learned photography. I still have six film bodies (two from each) from Canon, Nikon, and Pentax. Unfortunately I sold my Zeiss Ikon and ZM lenses which was my 35mm range finder (couldn't afford a Leica M). Thank you for the video.

For me its the Rolleiflex TLR and the Rollei 35s tied. Fixed Carl Zeiss lenses, German, portable, tank build, and they're also gorgeous.

My favorite cameras are the R5 and R6 I own right now. For sentimental reasons, I wish I still had the Canon AE-1 that was my first SLR, or the Kodak Instamatic 104 that my uncle gave me as my first new camera almost 60 years ago.

My preferred landscape setup for FF is the Nikon z7ii with the 14-30mm f4, 24-120mm f/4, and 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6. I use Nikon kit for longer hikes. I just traded in my D850 and the Z9 should (hopefully) be here next week. I'll use the Z9 for portraits. Also on order is the 400mm 2.8 with TC, which will likely take 6-8 months to arrive. Can't wait!

my over-the-shoulder is the pen f with 15 f1.7. beautiful and eye af works for s-af well, and i put the sigma 56 f1.4 for other shots and it is still so small

Fun video! I just still miss manual. Someone please give me all of the modern do-dads (video, eye-AF, earth-quake stabilization), withe the ergonomics of a mechanical camera!. Right thumb- Set ISO, shutter speed and press shutter (and film advance, which is obviously irellevant). Left hand on lens - stabilizing while spinning apeture and focus. The "trinity" hasn't changed (ISO-Shutter speed-apeture), but how to get them has! Modern cameras, custom wheels and joy stick, etc, all really small, all accessed with right thumb, and all really close. If you get lost, there is always the multi-function backscreen to help (by which time the batter struck out or the swallow was already back in Capistrano.) Mechanical cameras - eye in lens, spin stuff (simultaneously!) until the exposure needle is in the middle and shoot- just (for me) faster! Also - blind as a bat with an astigmatism; manual focus is now useless. Probably an extra cost that no manufacturer will spend, but I personally would appreciate even a computer simulated split prism on manual focus.

Some of the early 1900 4x5 and 5x7 cameras like the Seneca 6, had rotating backs plus tilt and shift.

I recently started shootig with a film and i have fallen in love with my Nikon FE. Such a fun experience to shoot and quite easy because it has automatic light metering, so for a beginner it's a good choice. The bodies are inexpensive and the old common lenses even cheaper.