Michael wrote:
"Over the years there have been only a handful of seminal cameras. The Pentax Spotmatic, Nikon F, Olympus Pen F, Leica M3, Hasselblad 500C, and Canon T90 come to mind, as do the digital Nikon D1 and Canon D30. Each incorporated either a technology, or a design feature, or a price point that made it stand out at the time, and which ensured its place in photographic equipment history."
(No need to send me other camera names. There are a great many deserving – I just selected a few that came quickly to mind.)
With that in mind I thought that I should ask the huddled masses out there in LuLa land what they think. We don't need Michael to contribute to this topic.
Some off the top of my head.
• Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 – first
• Leica CL – First affordable Leica, compact and with built-in metering
• Olympus OM1 – a very nice compact SLR
• Nikon 990 digicam – first quality/affordable digicam
• Canon EOS 300D – first DSLR offered under US$1000
What do you think are seminal cameras?
Cheers,