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Jun 18, 2017 12:43:05   #
wj cody Loc: springfield illinois
 
rck281 wrote:
Leica M3 stands out as a classic film camera


could not agree more with you. and leica, no longer e leitz wetzlar, has been trying forever to build a body as good as the m3 is.

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Jun 18, 2017 12:52:31   #
Quinn 4
 
I think a part of "venerable" is being over look is the test of time. I have a Pentax K-1000, since 1981, that camera has gone from the streets of New York City to the Outback of Australia and back. Use in all kind of weather. It sat in a box for 10 years without being use. It still running like a top. Quinn 4

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Jun 18, 2017 13:11:46   #
sirlensalot Loc: Arizona
 
The Canon 5D has to fit the description along with the Pentax K1000, and maybe even the Brownie Hawkeye.

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Jun 18, 2017 13:13:51   #
flip1948 Loc: Hamden, CT
 
For me based on cameras I have owned:

Pentax Spotmatic
Nikon F
Nikon F100 (still in use and the best camera I have owned)

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Jun 18, 2017 13:32:19   #
Paul Buckhiester Loc: Columbus, GA USA
 
WillieWisconsin wrote:
When reading reviews about newly released camera models, I occasionally see the word "venerable" being used to describe its predecessor. One example would be the Nikon D300s (which as we know was replaced by the D500), in which the reviewer used the word "venerable" in his mention of the D300s. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes venerable as ":old and respected :valued and respected because of old age, long use, etc." Would you also agree about the D300s as being deemed venerable? Or, from your experience, what other camera models come to mind that you feel could possibly fall in this exclusive category?
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Canon F-1
Leica M5

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Jun 18, 2017 13:35:56   #
Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.
 
Isn't venerable a subjective thing?



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Jun 18, 2017 14:03:25   #
Aeneas Loc: Somers, NY
 
My Minolta SRT 102 qualifies. It was and still is an excellent 35mm film camera. It just preceded the Minolta line of automatic focusing cameras. It's match-needle focusing was a very short step from being automatic. With a trio of Rokkor lenses, 50mm, 24mm, and 135mm, it remains a powerhouse for making high quality pictures.

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Jun 18, 2017 14:16:20   #
BIG ROB Loc: Princeton, NJ 08540
 
WillieWisconsin wrote:
When reading reviews about newly released camera models, I occasionally see the word "venerable" being used to describe its predecessor. One example would be the Nikon D300s (which as we know was replaced by the D500), in which the reviewer used the word "venerable" in his mention of the D300s. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes venerable as ":old and respected :valued and respected because of old age, long use, etc." Would you also agree about the D300s as being deemed venerable? Or, from your experience, what other camera models come to mind that you feel could possibly fall in this exclusive category?
When reading reviews about newly released camera m... (show quote)


FILM=
Nikon F, Nikon F2, Nikon F3, Nikon F5, Nikon Photomic FTn, Nikkormat FTn, Nikon FM, Canon AE1, Canon FTb, Canon F1, Minolta SRT-101/102,202. Mamiya RB65, all Hasselblad's, all Leica's, Olympus Om-1, OM-2, OM-4. Polaroid's, Classic old Range Finder's & Twin Lens
Reflex...Mamiya & Yashica & Rollei...Speed Graflex. All older view camera's of all sizes... Pentax SLR's...

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Jun 18, 2017 14:22:42   #
BIG ROB Loc: Princeton, NJ 08540
 
RGReel wrote:
OMG yes--the Canon F1. I'm proud to own one of these rugged masterpieces, which works perfectly after all these years. I remember in the 1970's it was Canon's prestige offering, going for about $800 without a lens/body only. Would you believe I bought mine five years ago at a yard sale, with leather case and a Canon 1.4 FD lens, for $10 ? No on wants film cameras any more, it seems....


That make ma angry. Why wasn't I there, right before you, to buy that camera for $10.00? Geez....

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Jun 18, 2017 14:24:04   #
BIG ROB Loc: Princeton, NJ 08540
 
billnikon wrote:
Nikon F2S


OK... Hang it up, w/the variations on the same camera...

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Jun 18, 2017 14:35:55   #
hipoint Loc: The Northshore, Gulf South
 
Nikon D90, longtime king of the crop sensors

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Jun 18, 2017 15:05:39   #
DON PRYTHERCH Loc: Stroudsburg PA
 
The EXAKTA VX with a fabric focal-plane shutter and 29 shutter speeds was the first single lens reflex 35mm camera in 1936, and I used several during the late 1950s. One of my venerable favorites among the Nikons I have used is the Nikon FE2 film camera which I still have and use along side my digitals.

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Jun 18, 2017 15:16:32   #
jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
 
WillieWisconsin wrote:
When reading reviews about newly released camera models, I occasionally see the word "venerable" being used to describe its predecessor. One example would be the Nikon D300s (which as we know was replaced by the D500), in which the reviewer used the word "venerable" in his mention of the D300s. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes venerable as ":old and respected :valued and respected because of old age, long use, etc." Would you also agree about the D300s as being deemed venerable? Or, from your experience, what other camera models come to mind that you feel could possibly fall in this exclusive category?
When reading reviews about newly released camera m... (show quote)

My favorite old 35mm camera was my Pentax KX with mirror lock-up. It was built like a tank and I did lots of close up and macro with it because of the lock-up feature. I mostly used a 90mm Tamron macro and before that a 100mm Pentax lens with extension tubes.

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Jun 18, 2017 15:31:37   #
r.grossner Loc: Rockford IL & Sarasota FL
 
Yes the Nikon F. I still have one. Still works great.

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Jun 18, 2017 15:33:13   #
r.grossner Loc: Rockford IL & Sarasota FL
 
Argus C2 & 3.

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