danj
modern primitive
My first camera was a Brownie Starmite my parents gave me. The first camera I bought for myself was the Yashica Mat 124G (because I couldn't afford a Rollei).
I was a photographer for my high school newspaper and used a 124G with a Honeywell 'tater-masher' flash. It was an outstanding combo. We also had a Pentax Spotmatic with stop-down metering and a 50mm and 135mm lenses. Again, a good combo. I would not call either one unusual or offbeat. The 124G was the 'poor man's Rollei' because it handled like a Rolleiflex and had excellent optics.