What was the first camera that you owned?

7 years 11 months ago #480664 by Alex
I was talking to a friend this morning and they asked what was my first camera that I owned.  Now I remember what the first DSLR that I owned was (which was a Nikon D90).  However I couldn't recall what my VERY first camera was.  

I know it was a point and shoot Canon of some sort and I was in middle school.  I had received it from Santa and it was a 35mm.  I remember during the summer months, I would mow Mr. Browns lawn for $5 on Sunday and would run out and buy some film for it!  Most of the time, my grandparents would chip in and buy it for me.  That $5 always seemed to disappear so quickly!  

Anyway, do you remember what your very first camera was?   

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7 years 11 months ago #480671 by Scotty
Canon rebel Xti.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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7 years 11 months ago #480673 by neal1977
Nikon N80 


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7 years 11 months ago - 7 years 11 months ago #480678 by Screamin Scott
An old Polaroid folder. Don't remember the model ( might have been a 210), back in 1967. First 35mm was a Minolta SRT 101 in 1969

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7 years 11 months ago - 7 years 11 months ago #480680 by Shadowfixer1
A plastic fantastic camera I got in the mail by sending in cereal box tops. It was horrible but the images would be considered art now. My next camera was a Polaroid Swinger. It was white. My first real camera was a Pentax MX. My first digital camera was a Minolta DImage 7 which I still have and use mostly for infrared shots. 
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7 years 11 months ago #480681 by Tim Chiang
Que laughter:  

Polaroid!  

Yeah Yeah, well it was my first and it was cool back in the 70's.   


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7 years 11 months ago #480683 by Joves
Mine was an old 120 camera my grandfather gave me. You set the focus by the distance scale, and the f-stop was fixed at f8. Was a fun little camera to start out with.


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7 years 11 months ago #480688 by Sammy Marc
Canon PowerShot A5 back in 1999!


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7 years 11 months ago #480691 by effron
Kodak Brownie? First SLR was a Nikkormat FTN.....I still have it, still works perfectly.

Why so serious?
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7 years 11 months ago #480698 by EOS Man
First camera?  LOL it was a 110 camera that was a hand me down from my aunt.  

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7 years 11 months ago - 7 years 11 months ago #480710 by hghlndr6
This.

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7 years 11 months ago #480711 by KENT MELTON
Kodak Brownie my grandfather gave me! 


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7 years 11 months ago #480712 by KCook
A simple box camera, 126 roll film.  So long ago that I have forgotten the brand name.

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Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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7 years 11 months ago #480719 by Jonathanb510
Mamiya Sekor 500DTL w/ 50mm F2  1969


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7 years 11 months ago #480720 by chris123.cvn
The first camera I used was my Mom's:  Kodak Brownie box camera. (Now there goes my age). When I was a student at University, I saved money and bought a Praktica SLR 35mm. Only 3 years ago I bought my first DSLR. I still love my hobby.


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