What was the first camera that you owned?

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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7 years 11 months ago #480775 by Carry
You had me really think on this one.  Mine was a Yashica Electro 35 GS


 


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7 years 11 months ago #480794 by John Landolfi
The first camera I used used to be my father's, a Kodak fold up for 120 film with a little prism foldout viewfinder and a lever shutter release on the side of the lens. My first "modern" camera was a Nikkorex (film) with a 50mm fixed Nikkor lens. I still have some of the prints.  My firstSLR was a Nikkorex F, followed by an F2sb, which I still use. And the first DSLR was a D1x, now a paperweight. Ah, memories...:)


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7 years 11 months ago #480802 by Gus
Polaroid Onestep for me. Maybe in 1978?? Us kids had a blast with that thing. Mum probably still has it in the attic, in fact.


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7 years 11 months ago #480809 by stuartsbarbie
Although my parents were avid photographers (we traveled a lot) the first camera that was all mine was a Polaroid. I know I wasted a lot of film because I liked to watch it develop.  I think I might still have some of those pictures hanging around somewhere.


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7 years 11 months ago #480816 by Ozzi
A KODAK box in 1945....given to me by my parents!! I bought my first DLSR Nikon F in 1966.


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7 years 11 months ago #480831 by Ben Vanderbilt
One more for team Brownie!  


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7 years 11 months ago #480842 by Adam Nagle
Minolta x-700


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7 years 11 months ago #480913 by Chipper
Mine was a used Canon AE-1 35mm film camera that I bought at a garage sale!  


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7 years 11 months ago #480993 by DacrimL
Hmmm, lets see......the first one ever was one of those 110 Kodak film instamatics , just before I was given a Polaroid.

From there my first SLR was Pentax MG
The first DSLR was a Canon EOS450D, which I still have and use.


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7 years 11 months ago #481104 by Roman Omell
LOL... so how many of you have your original camera still?


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7 years 11 months ago #481135 by Glenn Gee
My first camera was an LG flip phone I got from my parents in about 2005. 


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7 years 11 months ago #481200 by Flash Steven
It was a Minolta film camera

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