chrisg-optical wrote:
Wow what a loaded question! You will get as so many varied answers today as you would have back in the film heydays, although today there a really fewer choices. There were many Japanese and German brands of 35mm SLRs, but the majors were Nikon, Canon, Minolta (before they got sued and bankrupt over Maxxum tech), Pentax and Olympus - the "Saab" of cameras in those days. Then you had Ricoh, Chinon, Contax, etc. Some I think were private labeled versions of the other. My first SLR was a Praktica LB2 with 50mm/2.8 screw mount lens when I was 14!
I was a big Olympus fan back in the 70s-90s, but didn't get my first OM-2S until 1985. They were best in terms of compactness (both body and lens), exposure systems (OTF Flash rocked back then!) and handling I think. I had the OM-2n/2S/4T - loved the 4T the best. I wish there was a same-sized FF or APSC version of that camera with AF - M43 doesn't really cut it for me. I did like the Pentax system too (LX, ME, ME super) which was Olympus-like and had the versatile K-mount, carried to its modern version today. Looking back I wish I had tried the Nikon FM/FM2 series or Pentax cameras - but of course I can re-live that today with cheap used on eBay!
Wow what a loaded question! You will get as so man... (
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You sure covered a lotta cameras, there, Chris ... so you liked the old Olympus 35mm SLRs, huh? ... But don't care for the current MFT ones, huh?
Sure ... you can find just about ANY old cam used on e-bay, Chris ... amazing how they're all coming back, now ....