boz Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Anyone remember their first camera, and have you tried using one again? My first camera was a kodak instamatic 177x. I cant find one but do have a 50x somewhere(film , hmmm,could be fun!) My first SLR was a Zenith TTL and thanks to a firend on the AP site I have one again,even tho the mirror is sticky at times. So, what about you lot, what were your first cameras and do you still use one? Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_gerbehy1 Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 It was 30 years ago that I caught this photo bug using a Pantax Spotmatic w/ 50mm 1.8 lens. Learned by wasting tons of film for my college yearbook staff. I always used a hand held light meter (either scout or Luna Pro borrowed from my film production class) Tri-X ruled but we were all into Microdol-X developer at the time.The Pentax was property of the school yearbook. The first camera I purchased for myself was a Rollei TLR 2.8F in June 1974. I still use that camera today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 A beautiful little Rosewood and Brass 9x12cm Gaumont & Cie folder which had been "Liberated" in WW2. Someone had removed the 135mm Zeiss Tessar from it and discarded the body. Last month, while cleaning my Mother's house after she went to a nursing home, in a shoebox in the attic I found a cache of negatives and prints from that camera, c.1951-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_krantz Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 My very first camera was a 126 instamatic my grandmother gave me for my birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas_greenberg Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic that used flash cubes. My first pictures were ruined by the camera case dangling in front of the lens (oops). My first SLR was a Mamiya/Sekor CWP, a weirdo camera that had an on-camera but non-TTL light meter. It actually worked fine, and I gather now that collectors love these cameras. While I was away at college my brother "borrowed" the camera and it was stolen from his car. Grrr. I then got a Pentax H3v which I still own (I'm not sure how well it works). Then about a year later my father went to Japan and came back with my first Nikon F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_deglmann Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 I can't remember my first camera, but my first SLR was a Canon A-1 with a 50mm 1.8 and a 28mm if I remember correctly. That's still the best manual SLR I've ever used. My first new SLR was my current Canon A2 that I got brand new at the very end of the production run about four years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz Posted November 16, 2003 Author Share Posted November 16, 2003 wow, the Canon A1, i still lust after that camera! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnabdas Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Pentax K1000 in 35mm, and Yashica 635 in 6x6 (inherited from Dad) -- ' still use both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photogbob Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 My first camera was a Mamiya DTL1000? or something like that. I used it for a short time but dropped it in the lake one day. Being an optimist, I turned it into a learning experience. First lesson learned was always to use a camera strap but taking the camera apart allowed me to learn how SLRs function. I was intrigued by all the tiny chains and gears. It was facinating. Soon after I purchased a Minolta SRT202 (what a workhorse!) which is still in the family and being used by my niece who is taking a Photo class at college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel_curbelo Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 An Olympus OM1n. It was in 1978, I was sixteen then, and I have used it ever since. An excellent camera that, after all this years, is in better shape than myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas_green1 Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 My first camera of ANY type was a Polaroid swinger. (Remember the ad jingle, anyone?) My first SERIOUS camera was a Konica Auto S2 rangefinder. I still have it and shoot with it occassionally, even though the meter is shot. It's lens is capable of professional quality images, and a few of the best shots I've ever taken came with this camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_payne1 Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 My first camera was a Donald Duck. I think it took 127 film. This was around 1947. My first SLR was a Pentax (1962) It was a pre-Spotmatic. In 1968 I replaced it with another similar model. I didn't get the Spotmatic because I thought it was too hi-tech for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john lehman, college alask Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 An unknown brand 35mm rangefinder (I have been trying to remember what model it was for years with no success) which my father gave me in 1958 when he got a new Zeiss Ikon Tenax (an early automatic camera, which he thought would be easy enough that my mother would use it). He used a Super Ikonta B until he got a Rollei 35 in 1968. I used it until 1970, when I got a Pentax Spotmatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd peach seattle, washi Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 The family Kodak instamatic 126 was the first camera I used, but the first camera that was 'mine' was an Olympus 35 RC that I bought new around 1973. I worked the crap out of that camera; tripods, filters (even a set of close-up filters that required a tape measurer and blind faith to use) and a Vivitar 283 flash. The flash is twice the size of the camera. I handed it down to my daughter a few years ago, but it didn't seem to 'take'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_lofquist Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 A Baby Brownie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_marsh1 Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 The first one i used was a kodak hawkeye 126.I shot a roll of b&w and my father told me that i had a good eye.Three years later he bought me an srt 201 with a 45 f2.I had it overhauled and recalibrated for the current 625 battery and I still use it today. mj marsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constance_cook Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 A boyfriend gave me a Minolta 110 p&s. Lousy pics. Then 13 years ago I bought a Nikon N300 p&s which was followed in a month by my first SLR, a Nikon N5005. I still have the N300, it works and I don't part with the N5005. If I get my classes prepped, and problem sets critiqued, I intend to take the N5005 out to do "alley art" tonight because it is misty/foggy here. That can change quickly but I have hopes. Conni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wind.dk Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 <P>A Ricoh 35 ZF and it still works, but it's a year ago I last had any film in it. <A HREF="http://www.wind.dk/photographs/gallerypage/family/OS94P25">Here it is</A>.</P> <P>My first SLR was an Olympus OM-10 which unfortunately will no longer wind the film reliably and the AE went bust lung ago. Very nice camera when it worked. While it still wound film, I lent it to a couple of friends for their <A HREF="http://www.wind.dk/photographs/gallerypage/weirdequipment/Stettin01F05P18">holidays</A>, and the results were fine despite the lacking AE.</P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael erlich Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 A Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. Eight shots on a roll of 127 film. Followed up with a Kodak Starmite, also 127. Had a built-in flash that used AG-1 flashbulbs. My next camera after that was a Leica M3. First SLR? A screwmount Pentax Spotmatic. Still have the Pentax, but I don't use it. Sold the Leica many years ago, to my eternal regret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambang indrayoto Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Canonet 17 QL III (or something like that), belongs to my father. My first buy was F50 with 35-80 zoom (impulse purchase). Now I have FM2n and F80. My Canonet is broken and really want to fix it. Haven't find the right place yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_gage Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 "Anyone remember their first camera" My first camera was one of those little disc cameras my mom bought me when I was like 8 or 10. "and have you tried using one again" Lord no!! About 5 or 6 years ago I was at an auction and not really paying attention when I saw them hold up a camera. I didn't even know what an SLR was, I only knew it looked like my moms camera and hers was a nice one. I bid on it and got a Pentax K1000 with 50mm lens for $35. I think that is the best thing I ever bought. I began using it and really enjoyed it. I've got a long way to go as a photographer, but it really brings me a lot of enjoyment. If I hadn't stumbled on that camera I doubt I would have it for hobby now. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfishla Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 My first camera was a Canon A-1. I comandeered it from my older sister who could give a sh*t. That was about 16 years ago. I used it all through Photography school and even on some of my professional shoots. I still have it and love it. Best camera system ever made. I just can't live without it's shutter sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cham_saranasuriya Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 It was my father's Canon T50 then T70 or T90. My own first SLR was Nikon F90 with 35-70/2.8D lens. Now I use a F5 and a F3HP. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Yep a Kodak Brownie Boy Scout special 127 roll film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_phan Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 My first SLR was a Nikon FG. Long gone, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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