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"The Most Beautifully Designed Cameras\nPut away the smartphone. Using the real thing is still the best way to capture an important moment\nHASSELBLAD H4D-40 STAINLESS STEEL\n\nForm: Hasselblad designs cameras to take exceptional photographs, not win beauty pageants. That said, the H4D-40 does look awfully handsome encased in stainless steel. A limited run of just 100 of these envy-inducing, collector-worthy models is being made.\n\nFunction: With its 40-megapixel sensor, first-rate optics, and raft of powerful features, the H4D-40 is a tool fit for professionals and seriously committed amateurs.\n\nFrom $18,995; hasselbladusa.com\nFUJIFILM FINEPIX X100\n\nForm: At first glance, the digital X100 appears to be a vintage Leica. The viewfinder looks right, as do the analog controls, the leatherette grip, and the matte chrome finish. Flip it over, however, and the 21st century slyly reveals itself with a generous LCD screen and an unobtrusive array of buttons and dials.\n\nFunction: Retro design notwithstanding, the X100 means business. Its sophisticated 12.3-megapixel sensor and 35-mm-equivalent lens capture superbly sharp images and vivid HD video.\n\n$1,200; fujifilmusa.com\nLEICA \u00C0 LA CARTE\n\nForm: The exterior of Leica's M line has changed little in 50 years. And why should it? These film cameras are object lessons in aesthetic and ergonomic harmony\u2014any room for improvement is merely cosmetic. Which must be why the company debuted its \"\u00E0 la carte\" program, enabling Leicaphiles to design their camera's outside styling, from the metal finish to the color of the leather cladding.\n\nFunction: The manually operated MP (pictured) is impeccably crafted with all-metal mechanics and flawless optics.\n\nFrom $4,995; leica-a-la-carte.com\nLOMOGRAPHY FISHEYE NO.2 SHIAWASE\n\nForm: Lomography's Shiawase looks like a toy\u2014and for good reason. With its plastic body, protruding viewfinder, and smart linen grip, this film camera is a playful salute to the casual snapshot (shiawase is Japanese for happiness) and a gentle poke at our infatuation with all things cutting-edge.\n\nFunction: The lo-fi fish-eye lens captures wildly saturated, arty photos on 35-mm film. Scores of iPhone apps create similar effects, but there's no substitute for the real thing.\n\n$89; lomography.com\nSAMSUNG NX100\n\nForm: The NX100 is a performance-oriented digital that minimalists should be able to love. Intelligently designed with a refreshing scarcity of buttons, knobs, and switches, it's a fetching little slab of a camera with a lens attached.\n\nFunction: As one of the top new mirrorless models (a category of compact near-DSLR-quality cameras) on the market, the NX100 manages to pack an impressive amount of power\u2014a 14.6-megapixel sensor and a changeable lens\u2014in an appealingly small, affordable package.\n\n$550; samsung.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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