Love this list which includes some of the ugliest cameras ever made (IMHO), and some of the most beautiful. Seeing such a variety of opinions of beauty is always pleasurable. Viva la difference!

the agfa Optima is my favourite little film camera!❤

Yes, fine additions all! I would note that the concept of "beautiful" seems to have a wide definition that includes aesthetics, practical/industrial styling, and the visually unusual.

I got a controversial for you all. I saw this camera for sale a couple of months ago and just fell in love. The Nikon 1 J1. Has this retro futuristic yet minimalistic kind of approach. Mine is all white.

Simon: A marvellous second act. I hope you can add to this series as more suggestions come forward.

Thank you for this. It's great knowing you pay attention to us and value our input. Many youtube creators ignore their viewers, I'm glad you don't.

So much interesting product design. I'm looking forward to that revised video!

The Toyoca 35 TLR (35mm) is a real gem to behold!

Some nice additions, though I miss the most beautiful camera IMHO, the Hasselblad X1D.

YEAH! That Leica M-10 Zagato. Pure sexiness!!!

Lovely video! Fun to see so many while considering their fans.

SO fun. Thanks for doing this video. For most people, I think, most of these cameras would have remained unknown so this is a great way to become educated....and enjoy the art of the camera. The Hasselblad and the Contact G series are, to me, iconically beautiful.....but thats just me.

My top 5 - Olympus XA, Pentax ME Super, Olympus OM20, Canon AE-1 & Zorki 4K - think the latter wins on pure looks.

Great job !!! I believe that there should be a third part of the video because there are a sight more beautiful cameras. For example: Exakta 66 (old version) just gorgeus camera or Fujifilm GW690 III Professional (Texas Leica), Leningrad, Kodak Retina, Exakta B, Exakta Varex Ia + Zeiss Flektogon 2.8/35 (Zebra), Pentakon Six TL, Topcon Beseler Super D + Tokyo Kogaku Auto-Topcor f/1.4 58mm , Agfa Isolette III (lens Solinar), Aires Viscount Coral 45mm f1.9, Galileo Ferrania Condor I, Konica Autoreflex, Mamiya RB67 Pro, Olympus 35 SP, ROLLEIFLEX 6008 Professional, Voskhod RF, Zorki 3 + Jupiter-8 50/2, Contax 645, Zeiss Ikon Contaflex TLR, Zeiss ikon SW, Mamiya C330S Professional, Konica IIIA, Zenza Bronica ETRS, Yashica Mat 124G, Konica Hexar AF, Alpa Alnea Mod.7, Minolta Dynax 7, Minolta Dynax 9, Minolta SRT202 Black, Minolta XK (motor), Minolta Maxxum 9000, and many more.

The Soligor TM indeed is a Miranda TM which is a Miranda Sensomat RE with M42-Thread-Mount. Miranda's bayonet mount looks much nicer, therefore I would opt for Miranda Sensomat RE instead of TM.

Some excellent choices on both this and your original video. I was particularly pleased to see the Flexaret in your list, they are simply stunning in the flesh and I have two on display. Personally, being a big Olympus fan, I was suprised some of the earlier 35mm Pen half frame compacts like the S or EE didn't make any of the lists or the full frame like the D series. I'm looking forward to the next video and you have a new subscriber.

I became addicted to purchasing cameras, so I’m recent years I’ve stopped to just enjoy the ones I own. My personal favorites are my Pentax Spotmatix, a Zorki Leica II clone and my most favorite among all my cameras, the Olympus Pen F and FT. Another favorite of mine that I didn’t think I would appreciate is an old 116 Kodak Brownie I found in a thrift store. Everything functions with it, but I have not attempted to shoot anything with it yet. I love all the content, and this is in my top 3 photography related channels I follow.

Wow! Amazing video. What's collection of cameras! A number of them bring back memories for me. Thank you!

This is a worthwhile endeavor - thanks!

Thank you Simon for taking time to collate ...and revisiting ... a true force majeure..I also have the Voigtlander Perkeo and have had fun shooting on that..

Great! Unfortunately you've got the wrong version of the Zeiss Ikon Contessa, though. The folding version, produced from 1950-55, Zeiss catalog No. 533/24 is the one that looks like it's made by Fabergé.

Thank you for this supplemental listing. I was happy to see the inclusion of the Retina III C and the Asahiflex IIa. As it seems I've never met a camera I didn't like, I have some other suggestions, Sigma DP1/2/3 Quattro , Zunow SLR, Miranda T, Yashica Penta J , Yashica YF (Nicca IIIL) , Leica III's, i.e., A-F, and G , Leicaflex SL2 , Beseler Topcon RE Super , Canon RM , Nikon F (with eye level finder) , Zeiss Ikon Contaflex , and the "Baby" Rolleiflex

I forgot to mention the Canon EF but its design was indeed very nice. I should also have mentioned the Mamiya C220 (so also the C330) because I have one and it is a real beauty. What is impressive is how much more diverse the look of cameras was in the past. The cameras from the art deco period that you showed in the first video particularly appealed to me and amazed me, maybe because it is a period that I like very much. I started photography in 1975 so I am an "old" photographer, but I don't feel reactionary at all and some of the current cameras are beautiful. What I do notice though, is that young people have a WOW reaction mostly when they see pre-digital cameras. Is it because of their surprise as they are used to the contemporary design that is their everyday life, I don't know, but they readily say that they feel like they are seeing "real" cameras then, as if the digital ones were toys. Interesting.

It is all a matter of taste, clearly, and for my two pennyworth there are some very vanilla cameras in that line up. Mamiya NC 1000, Nikon D750, Pentax K-5, all unexceptional to look at. The OM4 Ti was an excellent camera but not nearly as pretty as the OM1. Praktica MTL3 with its oversized stop down lever and bubble wrap finish? Are people confusing their sentimental attachment to a camera with its aesthetic appeal?

Thank you Simon for mentioned Nikon F3 by Giorgetto Giugiaro; Canon EOS by Luigi Colani; Contax RTS, RX, S2 by Porsche Design. But how could you miss in your list one of the most beautiful cameras - a rangefinder Linhof 220 by an anonymous designer?! I had two of them and shot fashion for major glossy magazines.

Love your videos, very informative. A video on vintage,M42, wide angle lens would be great. Thanks for your amazing work.

What's missing is the early Bronica (D, I believe) that came with teal/blue leather and sported a very strong art deco look with it's chromy metal trim and curves.

Fun to see all these very nice cameras. None of mine were in this list.😱😱

The moral of the story is.... they are all beautiful. I am digging the Exacta IIa at the moment.

Zorki 4k camera with an all black Jupiter 8 50mm f2 lens.

9 of mine are here. Of the others I have that I consider beautiful, Olympus Om2n, Olympus Pen D3, Kodak Retina 1B, Leica M3, Leica 111g, Nikon FE, Nikon F3, Pentax K, Pentax H2, Pentax S3, Olympus 35RD, Voigtlander Vito B, in no particular order.

Great to see some more beautiful cameras, Some of my personal favourites I don't think have been featured yet would be Ricoh Jet Konica IIIa Pentax 645 (original version)

So many beautiful cameras in that lot, and many I'd forgotten about. I feel lucky that I've had the chance to use more than a few of these, but there's a lot there I'd like to have for a week or two 🙂

One of the odd, yet beautiful cameras I've seen/owned was Minolta's "Minolta 110 Zoom SLR". Small, flat, and narrow (like many 110 cameras), this one was a true SLR with a small fixed zoom lens and collapsible lens hood. This was followed by the 110 Zoom Mark II. Picture a standard black film SLR shrunk in size for the 110 format and you'll have an idea of what it looked like. Another well designed camera (smooth lines, no bling) was a 110 SLR by Pentax (the "Pocket SLR") which had interchangable lenses. All of these were available in the early - mid-70's.

Wish you had spent more time on the Fujifilm Xpro. It's got some nice angles.I think it shares some lines with the old Fuji panoramic TX-1. Not so sure about the Finepix?

Since you're one of the main 'vintage lenses' channels on KZfaq, is there any chance you could speak regarding the myths about the Russian factories of some m42 lenses? For example, the Helios 44-2 I own is a Valdai. Most people say it is the worst one of the 44-2, yet some opicians have told me those are the most faithful to the original Biotar they are based of. Also Valdai made the Jupiter lenses as far as I'm concerned and those are still very looked upon today. Thanks!

Did I miss the Kodak Brownie Vecta? An epic piece of mid-century modern by Kenneth Grange. Among other memorable examples of industrial design, Grange was responsible for Imperial typewriters, Morphy Richards irons, Parker pens, and the front of the inter city 125 train. In it's conventional position, the Vecta takes vertical (portrait) images on 127 film.

What about the ultra sleek and futuristic Minolta Vectis S1 APS SLR?

you missed the fuji/hassy xpan/tx :c though they do look like any other late film era electronic rangefinder

Hey Simon, where are you man? 5 months passed and still nothing •

Hey Simon, just discovered your channel a few days ago as I'm up to get some vintage lenses for myself. However, I'm still concerned about that Thorium / radioactive topic and I really want to avoid these lenses. It would be pretty cool if you could make a video in which you measure possible radiation from all of your lenses including serial numbers, as your collection is second to none here on KZfaq and the internet is full with contradictory information. Cheers and keep up the good work.

So many cameras - so little time! 📷

Great choices by the viewers and yourself from the first video, from the 1st i have a pentax LX, this i have the MX and K5, i also have the MG pentax which isnt bad either.

How about a video about the most beautiful camera lenses from each category ultra wide, wide, standard etc.

Ahw man, I missed those dates for submission. The Agfa Optima Parat is a true thing of beauty though, as well as the Yashica TL electro X (silver). Edit: forgot to mention the Pentor Super TL (same as practica super tl, but all black, only sold in the Netherlands back in the day.) especially when it's inside its case with the red velvet inside. Thing of beauty. I love my camera's :)

Sad that there was nary a Konica. Loved the Konica iii and the Auto s3.

How could anybody find these modern PASM DSLR style cameras beautiful 😵‍💫

No Holga!? I use mine more than any other, and I own several in your list…!

I have a number of these featured, but where's the zenit b , zenit4 and old shape horizon . Your list could get rather long!

I believe the Exakta Varex IIa look s the best out of the whole series.

Some lovely cameras. Of course all the ones that caught my eye are horrifically expensive. Ho hum. Great to see more lovely cameras though.

I would add the Pentacon Six, Argus C3, Exakta Varex VX, Praktica IV, Pentacon Pentina, Ricoh Singlex TLS

Ok, my two cents, here we go: >Pontiac Bloc Métal 45 >Demaria-Lapierre Telka III >Minolta SRT 202 (303) Black version >Kodak Retina III C (big C) and its superb leather case ! >Contax T >Leica M3 >Foca UR and URC ....and others I own and occasionally use, but I think the tank is already filled up at the GAS station !

Argus C3, Konica Autoreflex T

I really enjoyed the first one. And some interesting new additions here. BUT...please, let's not include cell phones? Let's keep it to real dedicated cameras.....just my $0.02, CC

Better late than never, I'll just mention the Argus C3, the Canon T90 and the Sigma dp Quattro series since everyone else has forgotten to suggest those 😉

When selecting the system I wanted to shoot, I took one look at Canon and was instantly dismayed from just how ugly their modern cameras are...then I tried to make the sensible choice by getting a Sony milc (a3000) but ultimately ended up with Pentax bricks (being very irrationally bewitched by the MX-1 output)

Plaubel Makina III

I own both an AE-1 and an A-1 and how anyone can think they're the most beautiful is beyond me. My Olympus 35 SP is far prettier in my opinion.

I loathe beautiful cameras because I can’t manhandle them and be ok with scratching it up 😅

i would marry the contax RX if it were a real person

Each to their own I guess. How anyone could find plastic Canon SLR cameras beautiful is baffling to me.

Quite a variety of attractive and ugly here LOL. (Emotions do obviously matter in the language of beauty.) I'm often attracted to machines that represent design history. Examples would include: 1) Canon's T90, for basically inventing every modern rounded-corners SLR/DSLR style. 2) Canon's Elan II (50) for an honest attempt at "retro" in a time when everything else was suffering from insufferable boxy plastic gauche (look at Nikons/Minoltas of that time) 3) and a FEW from the Pentax ZX/XZ line: ZX-5 or 5n (or MZ-3 if available) or ZX-M, the latter of which had the audacity to omit AF in its failed quest to replace the K1000 "student camera.". In the mid-late '90s they were a nice swan song to film SLRs.

who the hell submitted the galaxy s lmao

Hasselblad 500/200/2000 series !

To many

Leica M5 is so ugly, that I want one

If you want a wonderfully ugly camera might I suggest the Stereo Realist.

Phones? 😂😂😂