Before the pixel pixies took over and film was still a force to be reckoned with, there was a pecking order of cameras. Near the top were Leica and Contax, Nikon and Canon, with other cameras, often undeservedly, down the list.
I once had a Chinon, a perfectly good camera with a sharp f1.7 lens but somehow lacking in kudos as only Dixons sold them. I replaced it with an OM1, a lovely camera but the photos were no better. Cosina was another brand that never turned people on. Mamiya 35mm cameras didn't had the cachet of their medium format cousins.
Any other also-rans of the camera world deserving reappraisal?
I once had a Chinon, a perfectly good camera with a sharp f1.7 lens but somehow lacking in kudos as only Dixons sold them. I replaced it with an OM1, a lovely camera but the photos were no better. Cosina was another brand that never turned people on. Mamiya 35mm cameras didn't had the cachet of their medium format cousins.
Any other also-rans of the camera world deserving reappraisal?