Seven Cameras Famous Photographers Actually Used for Their Most Iconic Work

One of the most recognized photographs in the history of National Geographic was made on a camera you can still buy used for a few hundred dollars. Steve McCurry pointed a Nikon FM2 with a 105mm lens at a girl of about 12 in a Pakistani refugee camp in 1984, loaded Kodachrome 64, and came away with "Afghan Girl." No autofocus, no built-in motor drive, no computer in the box. A manual mechanical camera and one prime lens.

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