Where did they go?

7 years 6 months ago #502590 by Office Guy
So we've all had 'first' camera's.  Polaroids, Kodaks, Nikons and Canons. I know I don't have my original camera, and I know many who don't either.  When you factor in how many MILLION's of cameras were 'first' cameras.  So, where are they now?


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7 years 6 months ago #502599 by effron
I still have every film camera I ever owned, and the first....

Why so serious?
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7 years 6 months ago #502698 by Francis
Camera heaven or on ebay


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7 years 6 months ago #502701 by icepics
Basements, attics, and ebay! and thrift stores, shop goodwill, etc. Then people like me buy them! if it's antique or midcentury modern or cool looking or...

I still have mine although it's not exactly in working condition.

Sharon
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7 years 6 months ago - 7 years 6 months ago #502704 by Screamin Scott
I had gotten rid of my old Polaroid folders & my old Minolta's and their lenses were stolen (along with a Kodak Carosel projector & a Sawyers projector and other odds & ends). Other than those, I still have my old Konica T3 plus lots of added cameras from eBay et al...

Scott Ditzel Photography

www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/

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7 years 6 months ago #502715 by Joves
Most of my old film cameras got sold, or given away.


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7 years 6 months ago #502748 by Ian Stone
Mines in a box in my parents attic


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7 years 6 months ago #502822 by TCooper
Surprisingly, many of these cameras have ended up in smaller countries with less money.  


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7 years 6 months ago #502852 by KENT MELTON
Ha!  Most are most likely in the trash dumps buried under thousands of tons of rubbish.  Mine is in my garage in a storage box.  ;)


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7 years 6 months ago #502866 by effron
Should have kept them people, film is making a big come back!......:whistle:

Why so serious?
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7 years 6 months ago #502947 by Kenya See

effron wrote: Should have kept them people, film is making a big come back!......:whistle:



Yeah, so you better give me your digital camera.  I'll get my old film camera back from my sister and you can have that one.  


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7 years 6 months ago #502952 by bojojo
Somewhere in the attic of my parents house, I think


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7 years 6 months ago #502985 by Ira Weber
Brother was given my first camera.  Who knows what he did with it. 


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7 years 6 months ago #503021 by Stic
Not only did I sell my old film cameras, I also sold all my old digital cameras too (4 of them)...


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7 years 6 months ago #503040 by Eric A
Hanging on the wall in my sports room 

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