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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 9, 2014 21:08:11 GMT -5
To avoid discrimionation of mere 35mm cams with no mirror, no rf, a plain "most beautiful 35mm camera" might be called for (35mm, so as to exclude attractive 8mm, submin,magogany folders etc.) My vote goes to Werra I. Clean lines, no dials or knobs (until you examine it more closely). leica Ig and MD are runners up, but they demand ancillarie that ruin their clean lines. p. I agree. The Werra (Pre hot shoe) with its matching sun shade and lens cap is a gorgeous camera. One must not, however, discount the stunning, classically elegant Voigtlander Vitessa L.. When closed it is magnificent. When open for business it still retains its appeal. And when in hand it is apparent that its beauty is more than skin deep.  |
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Post by Rachel on Aug 10, 2014 5:20:29 GMT -5
Mickey, My Vitessa T  Oops I think we are in the wrong section here  |
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 10, 2014 6:10:03 GMT -5
Rachel, It is beautiful. Oops I think we are in the wrong section here
Never follow me. I am noted for totally lacking any sense of direction. I even get Miss Patience, my GPS, lost. But she is patient with me. She just says "Recalculating. Go 200 meters and make a U turn. Then make a U turn"". Mickey  |
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Post by Randy on Aug 10, 2014 11:11:07 GMT -5
I made a new thread here on the rangefinder board. |
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Post by Rachel on Aug 10, 2014 14:08:10 GMT -5
Thank you Randy.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 10, 2014 14:29:40 GMT -5
Randy, Forever indebted. Mickey  |
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Post by paulhofseth on Aug 10, 2014 14:58:55 GMT -5
Thanks, despite just having announced that I will snap a picture of my Werra 1 on the SLR thread, I will actually post it here.
The finer points of aesthetics can be raised if one compares the Ultron and the C-S versions of the Vitessa. Larger diameter glass might have a wider following. As for the speed of use, it challenges Leicavit and Canon VI, but Robot wins.
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Post by Stephen on Aug 10, 2014 15:36:23 GMT -5
 The best looking Bering Robot, the Royal 36, too late, too costly, but a superb full frame 35mm camera with style, few of the previous models were anything but utilitarian in appearance. Stephen. |
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Post by genazzano on Aug 10, 2014 17:21:16 GMT -5
Tough decision. Perhaps the Kodak Bantam Special of the late 1930's.  David |
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Post by daveh on Aug 10, 2014 22:36:40 GMT -5
Simply, the Werra 3 with the plain front. All others are ugly in comparison.
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Post by paulhofseth on Aug 11, 2014 12:26:30 GMT -5
Hmm I get an error message stating that the forum has exceeded its upload quota even though the files I tried to link are less than 400K each and hence well within the 1Mb limit.
Werra I and the string wound Dralowid Reporter will have to wait then.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 11, 2014 14:46:43 GMT -5
Tough decision. Perhaps the Kodak Bantam Special of the late 1930's. David That camera along with a number of other beautiful Art Deco Kodak cameras was designed by that industrial design genius, Walter Dorwin Teague. Mickey |
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Post by genazzano on Aug 11, 2014 15:06:38 GMT -5
The design of the Bantam Specials can easily be done in plastic, of course. However, it isn't just the design, but also the materials, metals and beautiful black enamelling. What a legacy Teague left behind for everyone to enjoy.
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Post by daveh on Aug 11, 2014 17:14:55 GMT -5
The Bantam Special is a good design closed. Open, however, it's pretty ugly.
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Post by philbirch on Aug 11, 2014 17:49:32 GMT -5
Tough decision. Perhaps the Kodak Bantam Special of the late 1930's. David Totally a thing of beauty. It even looks beautiful when its open. I'd display this one in the living room. |
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