While I owned my original Nikon F Photomic the longest, and probably used an F3 the most, I have to say the last one, an F100, was clearly the best and easiest picture taker of all my film Nikons - if I had to go back to film, that's the camera I'd want. I was using it to photograph my daughter at horse shows when I rented a digital outfit one weekend (a Canon - it's what my local store had), you know, just to try it out, and see what all the noise was about digital cameras. I came back from that horse show, turned in the rental, ordered a Nikon D100 (to keep using my stable of lenses) and never took another frame of film.

My DSLRs have only gotten better from that first one. My current best is a D600, which is the favorite for maximum image quality and post processing opportunities. But it's SO big that I'm exploring a Micro 4/3 system, where my current favorite is an Olympus OMD E-M1MkI. Except when I want something REALLY easy to carry, in which case my favorite is a Panasonic GX85. Happily, the same lenses and flashes work on both.