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What was the first camera you ever used?
Aug 14 16 11:17 am Link I was going to post that it was a Rolleiflex T, which was actually the first camera I used professionally. Before that I had a mix of cheap cameras that probably didn't have any names I would recognise today, except Kodak. Aug 14 16 11:28 am Link Minolta SR 2. Which I still have, and it still works. Aug 14 16 11:33 am Link To my knowledge, it was a Minolta SRT 101, that my brother gave me in the early to mid 70s, when he went to Kauai, to live. -Don Aug 14 16 11:34 am Link Argus C3 Aug 14 16 11:40 am Link Don Garrett wrote: The 101 was my first slr, followed by a 102 and a 201. Great cameras. Aug 14 16 11:46 am Link A Kodak disposable. Aug 14 16 11:46 am Link Something very very close to this picture. Aug 14 16 12:10 pm Link My dad's camera. Looks like it was a popular model. Aug 14 16 12:16 pm Link First ever? Kodak Brownie Starflash. First serious attempt at photography? Pentax Spotmatic. I have and still use 2 of the latter. Aug 14 16 12:27 pm Link First ever was an old Kodak that my parents gave me. First 'serious' was a Prakticamat (best I could afford at the time). Currently: Canon and Olympus. Aug 14 16 12:52 pm Link Jorge Kreimer wrote: Yep same here it was my dad's. I think my nephew still has it. Aug 14 16 01:06 pm Link The first one I ever I suppose would be some kind of Kodak disposable when I was young. The first one I really remember useing to take actual planned photos though was a D80. I was given a D90 maybe year later and still use that today so really not that much of a change lol. Aug 14 16 01:08 pm Link Stephen Fletcher wrote: I became sold on Minoltas, and bought a Dynax 9xi when I got back to California. Aug 14 16 01:10 pm Link Instinct Images wrote: CAREFUL, someone might get the impression that you are old ! Aug 14 16 01:15 pm Link a pinhole We made in School followed by several Instamatics or vice versa, first real 35mm Camera, a Kodak Brownie for HS Photography class which I still have somewhere. Aug 14 16 01:46 pm Link The very first camera was probably a Brownie for family photos. But in photography training the first was one of these: A Crown Graphic 4x5 sheet film camera Studio36 Aug 14 16 01:56 pm Link first camera was a Kodak 126 Instamatic, first real camera was an Argus C-3 Aug 14 16 02:08 pm Link My first camera was a Kodak 110 Instamatic My first 35mm was a Rikoh Singlex TLS Then I moved to a Nikon F Since then, I've stuck with Nikon. Aug 14 16 02:10 pm Link First camera I ever used was a Deardorff. First camera I ever owned was a Nikon F. Aug 14 16 02:41 pm Link Other than a Kodak Instamatic that my parents loaned me, it was my trusty Pentax K-1000. The camera was a work-horse made of metal and practically indestructible. On a trip in the middle of nowhere of Catalina Island, my batteries died, and the camera, being totally mechanical along with my Harris Memory Meter saved the day and I took 3-4 rolls that all came out good. Aug 14 16 02:45 pm Link First one I actually remember using was a kodak my parents had, don't remember the model, I was pretty young then, but I do remember it had these little flash cubes you could attach to the top, There was a bulb on each face and I don't think they were good for more than one shot per bulb, but the cube would rotate you you got a new bulb each shot. I loved playing with the spent cubes. The first camera that was actually mine was a vivitar that shot 110 film. Not even sure that stuff is even around anymore. The first "real" camera I used was a Canon AE-1P with I think an 80-200 and 50mm lenses. Every time I see one on eBay or in a camera shop I am tempted to pick one up out of nostalgia. Aug 14 16 02:47 pm Link Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. When i was 12 my mom took it away because I was "wasting film," then my uncle gave me his B&J 5x7. I did chores for him for a sheet of film per week until I turned 14 and could legally get paid for driving a tractor. Aug 14 16 03:23 pm Link It was one of those Kodak 126 Instamatic, Then when I got a little more serious about it I took my fathers Argus C44 to learn on. Aug 14 16 03:24 pm Link Nikon D3300 , Aug 14 16 03:27 pm Link Fuji S1 Aug 14 16 03:37 pm Link My dad's Canon A-1. I'll never forget that camera! Aug 14 16 04:05 pm Link This tells me that at least two of you are at my age since we had the same analog camera. Not that it matters but sometimes I wonder why age is hidden for photographers. Age does not seem to reflect my lookings into the lens or the work afterwards. Aug 14 16 04:17 pm Link First camera I ever used was a Polaroid. Not sure of the model. First camera I ever owned was a Nikon 110 format. I still have it somewhere. Aug 14 16 04:39 pm Link J O H N A L L A N wrote: I have one of those! It was my grandfathers. Aug 14 16 04:40 pm Link A Kodak Brownie back in the late 50's and early 60's. Aug 15 16 02:20 am Link Brownie Reflex. Bought it off another kid for 5 bucks. Aug 15 16 07:00 am Link I wish i knew. It was a canon that my father had in the early to mid 80s.. Later on as I got older i bought a Elan, but I still had that older silver looking Canon.. And the images from that camera always looking so stunning compared to my Elan or etc. Im not sure what happen to that camera but If I could find out what model it was and what lens that was i would buy it again TODAY! Sadly back then as a child/teen I didn't bother to remember what model it was. Aug 15 16 07:04 am Link Minolta SR-1 Aug 15 16 08:06 am Link about 10 years old..made some money painting addresses on curbs..and then went to the photoshop in town and bought this: Agfa Super Solinette the owenr tried to talk me out of it because and into something lens complicated.. but all those dials and settings were exactly why I wanted this one didn't even have a handheld meter - I just used the guide printed on the inside of the film box Aug 15 16 09:20 am Link Hidden Hills Photography wrote: We must be twins. I used to stare for hours at the back of magazines dreaming of buying the camera before I finally got that setup in the mid 80's. Aug 15 16 09:33 am Link My first camera was a very basic Twin Lens Reflex. Next a rangefinder camera. Mamiya 500DTL. Nikon F2. I had a hard time recollecting my first camera because it was so long ago. Aug 15 16 09:43 am Link My present for 8th Grade graduation from Catholic school. Pretty much the only time I ever used flash... ha Aug 15 16 09:45 am Link Another Kodak Instamatic user. I can't say that I miss it. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ … ic_100.jpg Aug 15 16 12:17 pm Link Aug 15 16 05:10 pm Link |