What was the first camera that you owned?

8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks ago #480671 by Scotty
Canon rebel Xti.

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8 years 2 weeks ago #480673 by neal1977
Nikon N80 


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8 years 2 weeks ago - 8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks ago - 8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks ago #480688 by Sammy Marc
Canon PowerShot A5 back in 1999!


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8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks ago - 8 years 2 weeks ago #480710 by hghlndr6
This.

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8 years 2 weeks ago #480711 by KENT MELTON
Kodak Brownie my grandfather gave me! 


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8 years 2 weeks 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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8 years 2 weeks ago #480719 by Jonathanb510
Mamiya Sekor 500DTL w/ 50mm F2  1969


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8 years 2 weeks 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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