What if you were swimming in gold and could buy any camera that you wanted? Chris and Jordan sat down to talk about what cameras they would buy if money was no object. Some special guests chime-in to share what they'd pick, as well.
What's your dream camera? Tell us in the comments below.
I tried to think of a camera I would want, more than what I already have, but at the moment I’m actually very happy with my X-T4. I don’t feel like the compromises I would have to make for other bodies, would be worth it.
Maybe the X-T4 isn’t perfect, but it is the devil I know and it does everything I need it to.
I like Chris’s idea of getting Leica to adapt a Q2 (at least I think that’s what he said). I would like a standard Q2, one with a 50mm and a third with a 90mm. And just for good measure, the same again in Monochrom! Six cameras would do me!
For the fun factor, I would probably go with the most recent Leica M10-R and their 50mm f1.4. I don’t always need AF. That would be a dream. As a disclaimer the only Leica that I can afford is a Voigtlander R3M with Voigtlander lenses. Oh, wait a minute .. it’s even not a Leica… ;-)
Hahahaha..........well, according to their personal preference, the most popular dream camera brand for them is Leica........yet looking at the comments so far posted, no mention of Leica whatsoever, hahahahahaha.
As a Leica user I find this most amusing....... :)
Interesting...perhaps the reason is that the reviewers in the video all have had a chance to use Leica's and have that experience.
Most people commenting here probably have not. Most people that cannot afford a Leica will never use one.
One thing I would recommend for those curious: rent one for a few days...like from Roger Cicala's LensRental company. It will be quite the experience for you.
Some people can't even dream big. I remember many years ago the lottery was over $100 million dollars. I asked my neighbor what he would do if he won and with a straight face he answered "pay my Sears bill and then get a new truck".
Jordan Jordan Jordan, I can't believe you went with mirrorless! I would've went with a C300 Mark III with the C70 as a B cam. Then adapt some Tribe Lenses to those suckers. Maybe add some Zeiss Standard Speed lenses just for shooting on a 14mm. Also would throw in a nice huge camera monitor like a SmallHD 7" Cine 7.
If I was swimming in gold and were no king Midas then I would still go for the Sony A7c and the CZ 4/24-70 lens. A perfect match. Pretty bashed (bot camera and lens) but the final images are terrific - even from a professional perspective. Why go for something that I do not want or need just because all the gold is there?
1. R5 plus 2. RF35 1.8 (for when my arms get tired) 3. RF 24-105 4 (for when I don't want to carry the 2.8 zooms) 4 RF50 1.2 5.RF85 1.2 6 RF100 2.8 macro 7.RF15-35 2.8 8.RF 24-70 2.8 9. RF 70-200 2.8 10. RF 100-500 11. RF 400 2.8 12.RF 600 4 Of course I will require someone to carry them round for me but as money is no object ...... More seriously, if still expensive, items 1, 7, 8, 9 & 10 would be a dream kit that a least is attainable.
My dream camera was the Nikon DL 18-50, this was the ideal camera for pocketable travelling for we who love landscapes, churches with a few portraits in good enough quality and no worry about lenses or weight :)
Right now i use the Fujifilm X70 and the wideangle adaptor, so I kind of have 21-50mm along with the tilt screen and a voightlander 28mm finder, i love the Fujifilm colours too :)
Wonder if Fujifilm ever could make a wideangle version of their beautiful X10 and hybrid finder, probably just a dream…
Cancellation of release of the DL Series of premium ... -
February 13, 2017
"Nikon announced today that sales of the long-awaited DL series of premium compact camera, the DL18-50 f/1.8-2.8, DL24-85 f/1.8-2.8, and DL24-500 f/2.8-5.6, will be canceled.
A June, 2016 release was originally planned for the DL series. However, with the identification of issues with the integrated circuit for image processing, release of the three cameras was delayed indeterminately"
Nikonhttps://www.nikonusa.com › premium-compact-cameras The Nikon DL Series cameras are high-end compact cameras with fixed lenses that are designed with you in mind. Compare models, see tech specs and more.
Nikon did sell tiny 1 “ series modular cameras, so both lenses and bodies, and afaik they did demonstrate working protoypes a year before the cancellation
- My most used kit: M50 + EF-M 32 1.4 ( So Ted Forbes' dream kit downsized)
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My two-body dream kit at the moment: R5 + RF 35 1.8 R5 + RF 100 macro And for special "effects" my old trusted lenses EF 24 2.8 mark i / FD 50 1.4 S.S.C. / EF 100 2.0 / EF 200 2.8 m i / EF 400 5.6
I had my dream kit years ago ... Pentax MX w/ winder x2 along with a 24/2.8, 85/1.8 and 200/2.5 along with a Vivitar 285 .... this was my photojournalism kit in Winnipeg (Sun > Free Press) and on to Vancouver (Province and Sun) :)
I must confess to already having essentially my dream kit: Nikon D850 with 500mm f/4 fluorite and 1.4X teleconverter, plus (for those days I want lighter weight) 500mm phase Fresnel lens on the D780. Those are both for birds, but they will do butterflies pretty well in addition. For macro work, a new 200mm macro lens (the old one is no longer made...I have one, but an update would be welcome) is at present an unrealizable dream. Indeed, it seems all the over 105mm macro lenses, from anyone, are a disappearing breed. One wonders why, unless macro shooters masochistic enough to image skittish insects are a dying breed these days...
Nice to hear :) same for me, also have my dream kit: Canon r6 Rf24-105 L Ef 100-400, although the rf 100-500 would be nice, or the rumored 100-400 f5.6-7.1 for lower weight. If i do more underwater photos; a macro lens would be nice :) my recent best buy though is a sd card reader for the phone
Probably Canon R5 with 16-35 F2.8 50 1.2 would be sufficient for me as I don't really shoot beyond 50mm. At least this is my dream and what I can afford in 2 yrs time.
FUJIFILM GFX 100S simply because it would force me to slow down and think for things like landscape.
R3 (then R1) with all the long lenses for wildlife work.
Assorted Leica goodies for walk around use, Q2 color and monochrome, and of course a M10 kit because it would be FUN (key word).
That said, Canon R5 is what I will do eventually and covers everything I want. Have a 5D4 and a nice assortment of lenses and really can't complain too much at the moment.
I'm a landscape photographer and my dream kit is the one I'm using plus a couple of future additions. Nikon Z7ii, 20 f1.8, 14-30, 24-70 f4 and 85 f1.8. I'll add the Macro 105 soon and when a 70-200 f4 is released that will complete the kit. These combinations are light, usable, and superb image producers. https://www.instagram.com/geoffmurray55/
I am living the dream with the Sony A1 at the moment, but I need some lenses that don't exist yet to fill it out. A 200mm f/2 GM and a 300mm f/2.8 GM would feature in my dream kit for shooting things that are a bit too far away for the 135mm f/1.8 and too close for the 400mm f/2.8.
Hmm. I'd need a couple more A1 bodies so I didn't have to change lenses, though...
Maybe they included a few 160MB CFX type A cards which go for $400 a pop. Most are going to pay tax on top of that. $8000 or more with 480GB of cards. My type B card is 512GB so it's reasonable.
R1 - as it is still a dream. With all the unreleased long white L lenses that will certainly impress Roger (Cicala). I think all the “kit” will enter well in the “money no object” category. Bring it on!
P. S.: R5, that I already own, so it is no longer a dream, but reality, together with the 15-35 and an adapter for the (crate full of) EF lenses.
For many of us, in desperate times, trying to make ends meet, a $1000 camera is a dream camera; so my choice would be the $1300 Leica D-Lux 7 model. Even though it is only a 17 megapixel camera, the excellent 1.7-2.8 Summilux lens that provides quality photos that any medium income family would be happy with. If or when a Leica D-Lux 8 is offered for sale, I will be first in line on the day it goes on sale … I have the D-Lux 7, and it is a fun camera for me.
For me it's quality optics/camera build, low weight and fun to shoot with, soooo: Fujifilm XT-3 and X-E4 bodies: Zooms for versatility: 16-80mm/70-300mm +1.4tc Primes: 23, 35 and 50mm f2 lens set.
With you! Currently mine is (coming from the T3) a X-S10, with the 10-24! (as a backup I have a X-E1+18-55) and then there's the 55-200mm. All I need! (I may go for a Q2 black and white only though) (and my dream camera, a digital Contax G2)
I like your picks also. I have the 55-200mm and then bought the 70-300mm. Both are excellent and are almost the same weight and dimensions but the 70-300mm is also compatible with the teleconverters. If I already did not own an X-T3, I probably would pick the X-S10.
Well, I generally carry at least two cameras for anything serious, so I'd want an A1 and either another A1 or a GFX100S as the second. Both will work well with most of the old manual lenses I already own (the GFX100S getting a somewhat wider view out of most FF lenses, which have a big enough image circle), but I'd also want a few native autofocus lenses for the A1. OK, I'd really like the second to be an A1's sensor in an A7C body. ;-)
However, I'd also want a high-resolution large-format digital camera. The LargeSense ( http://largesense.com/ ) LS45 4x5" or LS911 9x11" are as close to what I want as I've seen, but they have huge pixels rather than high resolution. I really want about 500MP in a 4x5" sensor with a self-contained and relatively compact modern body, and I also want an EVF with it. It would also be great for it to have fast electronic shuttering and IBIS... yeah, IBIS moving either the 4x5" sensor or the lens mounting plate.... ;-)
LJ - Eljot: Didn't you look at LargeSense? They've got huge sensors. The catch is that they are not cheap and they also have huge pixels rather than very high resolution.
I did, but somehow it is not exactly what I am looking for. I would be much more compelled by a digital back with more than 26MP. Also, I do not really need that large format. A system built for smaller formats would be enough. Actually the Actus from Cambo comes pretty close. But yes, large and with very high resolution would be gorgeous.
And yes, we said dream camera, where money is not the limit.
Bravo, enjoyed this very much and you made some very interesting points. A consistent theme I heard squeaking through was that how we interact with the kit is, in the end, perhaps as important as the results we get. I think that's true (and often neglected among techies), and speaks to the importance of user interfaces to our enjoyment of the process.
I think even if money were no object - there is not one camera/lens that can do it all. The setup you choose for doing a walking tour of a city would most likely be different than what you would choose to do senior portraits or BIF. But - my desert Island setup would be either an X-T4 and 16-80/4 or a Z6 ii and 24-200 (and maybe, just maybe - an OMD EM1 iii and 12-100 pro). I know there are many applications that those setups would not be good for - but - I think those setups cover the most ground with one body and one lens.
Canon FF with 1.4 35mm for landscape & quick shots dangling from my neck, Olympus Pen F & 60mm Macro & Lumix 7-14 & cheapo Olympus 40-150 (100 USD) & Olympus FL 300 (which also works with the Canon). In the backpack Olympus EM1 & Lumix 100-300 & Metz 64.
Money no object? Ok, my dream kit is already together: 1 - Smartphone 2 - Sony ZV1 3 - Ricoh GR3 4 - Sony A7c 5 - Sony A7R3 ...and a lot of lenses. Most of them Pancakes and f/1.8 variants. I used to own every f/1.4 lens and sold all of them. Not because I need the money, but most of them was to big, bulky and heavy. At the moment I put my Sony 70-200 f/2.8 GM, Voigtländer 65mm f/2 Macro and Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM for sale on ebay. All too heavy, bulky and fat. In most cases my dream camera is a ZV1. And like my smartphone I like to carry it around all day. The ZV1 and my smartphone take 80...90% of all photos. Sony fullframe stays at home on my shelf most of the time. Sad, but true
I am waiting for a RX1R3. But yes, my wife like her X100v a lot. She call it her little Leica. The Ricoh GR3 is my favorite camera in the winter month. It fits in any road-bike Jersey and in any jacket. But it can't replace my smartphone in terms of other sport activity like running
I have my current dream camera Sony A7RIV with Sony 24mm 1.4 GM, Sony Zeiss Sonnar 55mm 1.8, Sony 135mm 1.8 GM plus more cameras and lenses, I just keep it until the next cameras of the future comes around :)
Nikon D6, D500, D850. One each of 300mm f/2.8, 400mm f/2.8, 500mm f/4, 600mm f/4, 800mm f/5.6 and 1200mm f/5.6 (what? the 1200mm doesn't exist? It's a dream, no?)
2 Gitzo tripods (big and travel) and a Monopod.
I like shooting small things that are far away. ;)
Dream camera? Uh… it’s about the lust for luxus, the lust for growth or something along that line? Well, in a way I would love to have a Leica M, but please give me AF…. In a way I would like to have 35mm, but make it as small as mft…. I think I am happy to say that I have a X-Pro2, 14mm, 23mm, 35mm, 90mm, 18-55mm and 55-200mm, heck more than I ever could have dreamed about when I started photography with the beautiful Canon EF and a 50mm 1.4 SSC Lens :-)
Life is about compromises and my one serves me pretty well
If money was no object, I would probably sweat the camera less. I would rather have a nice home with a full studio in tokyo. I would rather have more chances to take great pictures than to think about what camera to use.
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