My first three cameras - what were yours?
May 14, 2015 11:24:47 #
Film and processing costs for my grandfather's Kodak postcard camera quickly got excessive, particularly considering the results I was getting at 9 or10 years old.
The Brownie Hawkeye was used for 3 or 4 years, but once I began to understand the process, its limitations became plain. The Bolsey Jubilee (I still have it) was my camera from about 1955 to 1976 when I bought an Olympus OM-1N on a trip to Japan.
For flash photos, the Bolsey had a cam that locked the aperture and focus rings together. Thus, flash exposure was always correct, since when the subject was at greater distance where the light was less, the aperture was opened to compensate. It worked perfectly, even if the subject wasn't centered in the frame.
The Brownie Hawkeye was used for 3 or 4 years, but once I began to understand the process, its limitations became plain. The Bolsey Jubilee (I still have it) was my camera from about 1955 to 1976 when I bought an Olympus OM-1N on a trip to Japan.
For flash photos, the Bolsey had a cam that locked the aperture and focus rings together. Thus, flash exposure was always correct, since when the subject was at greater distance where the light was less, the aperture was opened to compensate. It worked perfectly, even if the subject wasn't centered in the frame.
May 14, 2015 11:28:42 #
tomw wrote:
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When I first started photography, before auto flashes, Nikon had a lens which linked focus and aperture, and you just set your flash guide number on it for correct flash exposures.
May 14, 2015 11:31:57 #
My first was an Argus, the 2nd was a Polaroid Land camera
and the 3rd was a Minolta SRT101.
and the 3rd was a Minolta SRT101.
May 14, 2015 11:34:48 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
When I first started photography, before auto flashes, Nikon had a lens which linked focus and aperture, and you just set your flash guide number on it for correct flash exposures.
That would be the ingenious GN Nikkor 45mm.
Love the look of that Bosley Jubilee!
May 14, 2015 11:37:11 #
May 14, 2015 12:00:51 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
tomw wrote:
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I don't have my first two any more, so grabbed photos off the web. Did the same for the Leicaflex SL, rather than set mine up for a photo. I do have the Exakta bellows and slide copier.
May 14, 2015 12:18:25 #
Bazbo
Loc: Lisboa, Portugal
tomw wrote:
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Kodak Bownie, Canon AE1, Nikon F1
May 14, 2015 12:21:43 #
Brownie Flash 620. As a kid, perhaps 10 or 11. Tried to photo birds. Nice picture of the tree, but no bird visible. My dad went broke having those useless films developed. Otherwise a great camera for a kid back then (40's).
Like a lot of us went for the Polaroid later. Then moved on to Olympus Pen FT. Been Oly fan ever since.
Like a lot of us went for the Polaroid later. Then moved on to Olympus Pen FT. Been Oly fan ever since.
May 14, 2015 12:28:32 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
The Bolsey was great. And, although it was a full 35 mm frame, the camera and film loading system were so compact, you always got 3 or so extra images per cartridge.
May 14, 2015 12:32:05 #
Edcase wrote:
Brownie Flash 620. As a kid, perhaps 10 or 11. Tried to photo birds. Nice picture of the tree, but no bird visible. My dad went broke having those useless films developed. Otherwise a great camera for a kid back then (40's).
Like a lot of us went for the Polaroid later. Then moved on to Olympus Pen FT. Been Oly fan ever since.
Like a lot of us went for the Polaroid later. Then moved on to Olympus Pen FT. Been Oly fan ever since.
I was an Olympus devote for a long while. In addition to the OM1, I traveled with an XA and used a C5050 for a while. I only changed brands because I prefer a 3/2 ratio to a 4/3.
May 14, 2015 14:11:33 #
1, a small Brownie-like camera. It was not 620 put possibly 120 or smaller.
2, an Argus C3.
3, a Petri 7s
SS ;-)
2, an Argus C3.
3, a Petri 7s
SS ;-)
May 14, 2015 14:28:25 #
A brand new Praktica SLR that never worked and I took it back. A beat up old Nikon F Photomic FTn was next. Then I bought a brand new Nikkormat FTn to carry a different focal length lens when I would need one. I couldn't afford a zoom back then! ;-)
May 14, 2015 14:35:12 #
Kodak XL-55 Super 8 movie camera, Polaroid Square Shooter, and Pentax Auto 110. It was the Pentax that steered me toward micro four thirds over 3 decades later.
May 14, 2015 14:59:45 #
I got a Kodak Brownie Starmite (127 film) in Jr High School.
I started developing my own film and really got interested.
When I was in the 10th grade I got a Yashica Minister D 35mm rangefinder followed by a Topcon Unirex SLR- interesting design with a leaf shutter.
"The Unirex is most unusual for a SLR in having a leaf shutter not within the lens (or between a permanently attached rear section of the lens and an exchangeable front section), but instead behind the lens, which is exchangeable in its entirety. " It has a limited range of lenses from 28mm to a 200mm.
I started developing my own film and really got interested.
When I was in the 10th grade I got a Yashica Minister D 35mm rangefinder followed by a Topcon Unirex SLR- interesting design with a leaf shutter.
"The Unirex is most unusual for a SLR in having a leaf shutter not within the lens (or between a permanently attached rear section of the lens and an exchangeable front section), but instead behind the lens, which is exchangeable in its entirety. " It has a limited range of lenses from 28mm to a 200mm.
Kodak Brownie Starmite
Yashica Minister D
Topcon Unirex
May 14, 2015 15:17:35 #
the first camera my dad gave me was a kodak instamatic that was box shaped. I got it at 7yw
ears old. My dad was a professional photographer. When he saw I had some talent and liked to shoot, he gave me a Nikon F with the angaled head and a nikromat. I was not real close to my dad but we connected on 4 areas photography, the nfl, civil war and westerns. He was excellent shooting portraits. I unfortunately did not take advantage and learned the ins and outs of portirtaure from him. however he did get me addicted to Nikon. I am a Nikon jedi as was my father before me
ears old. My dad was a professional photographer. When he saw I had some talent and liked to shoot, he gave me a Nikon F with the angaled head and a nikromat. I was not real close to my dad but we connected on 4 areas photography, the nfl, civil war and westerns. He was excellent shooting portraits. I unfortunately did not take advantage and learned the ins and outs of portirtaure from him. however he did get me addicted to Nikon. I am a Nikon jedi as was my father before me
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