The Independent - The 50 BEST CAMERAS & Camcorders ... ?

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Or so someones named David Sandison, John Buckle, Michael Brook & Andrew James reckon ... :shrug:


Anyway I just thought I would share this summary from Jill's Indy last weekend ... the stand-out entry for me was ...

The Holga ... :eek: ... and I quote ... "this cheap, chunky, clunky lump of plastic is enjoying a new lease of life as "Holgarists" share their snaps on-line."


All the usual suspects are well represented and some other, imhgo, 'unusual' entries include ...

Diana+ - "Another 'toy' camera enjoying a resurgence to rival Holga's"

Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera - "refurbished cameras are selling well" ... apparently !

Pinhole 100 - supposedly a "camera obscura" based item shooting on polaroid and even chocolate film ... Mmmm yummy ... :D

Zero Image - a hand-made monstrosity in teak & brass using 35mm, 120 or 4x5 and a "deluxe version comes with a cable release ..."

Lomography Actionsampler Flash - a quad lens marvel "the camera takes four images in a second, using each of its lenses, synchronised with the flash"

Horizon Panoramic - a canary in a clockwork Russian machine from Zenit "the lens rotates in tandem with the lens cover, which includes a vertical slit ... produces wonderfully distorted images with impressive sharpness ..." ... :suspect:

And a myriad mobile phones for heaven's sake ... :shrug:



Oh well ... someone's got to do the hard work ... :naughty:




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I want a holga :(
 
Yup, I read that as well on Saturday- I was stunned when I read the Nikon D3 was only £1,189 and my missus had to phone for the ambulance when further in I discovered the D300 ( which i got two weeks ago) was exactly the same price! Boy i messed up there badly:bang: wonder if i can return my D300 and get those nice people at the independent to get me the D3:thinking:
 
Fraid so Janice- the D300 can be had for just under a grand, the D3 is about three grand !!!!!:thumbs:
 
Wonder what their day jobs are? Obviously not togs. I sent an e-mail to them on Saturday to see what response I'd get-nothing so far- Mr Angry of Ealing.
 
If they are including camera phones in the review I wouldn't give it much credibility. Did they mention the Hasselblad H3D. Lovely camera only £17,000 ( plus all the kit to handle the images )?
 
They've made some good choices in cameras there, but what was the criteria? Best for what? Sure a Leica M6 is a brilliant camera but its not the best for a night on the town. It also feels like they've been sponsored by the Lomography Society as the list in the OP is all their top models. I do want the sx-70 though.
 
Chappers said:
If they are including camera phones in the review I wouldn't give it much credibility. Did they mention the Hasselblad H3D. Lovely camera only £17,000 ( plus all the kit to handle the images )?
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Yes they did, H3D-II, and I quote "... described as the greatest SLR ever made"


petemc said:
They've made some good choices in cameras there, but what was the criteria? Best for what? Sure a Leica M6 is a brilliant camera but its not the best for a night on the town. It also feels like they've been sponsored by the Lomography Society as the list in the OP is all their top models. I do want the sx-70 though.
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Don't really know the criteria Pete I suppose it is just the agreed opinion of the panel (named & shamed in OP) who supposedly have some credentials for the job ... :shrug: ... but the Indy does 50 Best Something or Other every week ... :D

And they have certainly got plenty of Lomo stuff in there ... :suspect:





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