NormanTheGr8 Loc: Racine, Wisconsin

Nope sold the Canon 7dmk2 to complete my move too Sony , after 2 yrs I did add a Sony a6600 , I missed the crop sensor for birds and nature on my daily hikes with the dog . The only thing I have held onto is the Tamron 18-400 and the mc 11 adaptor (seems to work really well on it)

scubadoc Loc: Sarasota, FL

Argus 35mm rangefinder camera back in the early 50s.I wish I new where it ended up. Graduated to a Topcon SLR in the 60s, which was stolen.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

My first "serious" camera was a Yashica IC Lynx-14E 35mm Rangefinder Camera - Yashinon DX 45mm F:1.4 Lens.
That F:1.4 lens and TriX made low light (and all) photography really attractive to me.
Purchased in The Republic of South Viet Nam, 1968-69 and I no longer have it.
Smile,
JimmyT Sends

LCD

Looks like it has a motor to advance the film after each shot rather than the thumb leaver. I remember the racket those things made shooting events.

fhayes Loc: Madison, Tennessee

Minolta SRT 100 in 1975 and I still use it!

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I have one of those - it’s a handful!

Stan

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

I still have my AE-1 Program (it's in the closet right now). I last used it a few years back at a local college for a photography course where we made our own b/w prints in the darkroom. Neat experience. I tried using my one or more of my lenses with an adapter on my Sony digital - colors were WAY off. I haven't taken a pic in a while with the AE-1, but I still have 4-5 rolls of Ilford film left over (and too much paper). I'll take a pic of the camera sometime soon and add it to the post.

Terkat

Good morning Horseart,

10 years old with a darkroom????? Absolutely outstanding!!! I had to wait until about 21 but I finally built one. B&W only but I still thought the process was a little magical. Had an SRT 101 also. Loved it.

All the best to you and yours,

Terry

Still learning66 Loc: North Alabama

Yes and it still works even though it`s 40 years old . Pentax K 1000 with a Pentax 50 mm lens.

Texas George Loc: Stamford, Texas

My first real camera was a Yashika TL-Electro. I bought it with tax refund money from my first year of military service. Unfortunately, it was stolen while on a trip up Pikes Peak, Colorado. I still have my next camera, a used Canon Ftb which served me well until I bought my current Nikon D5000. I still use many of the techniques I learned from the film camera. I doubt I’ll ever go back to film since I can see my results immediately and share pictures with friends and family at no cost.

OldIkon Loc: Indiana, USA

Some of us are showing our age a bit. My first was my father's 1958ish Argus Argoflex E twin lens reflex for 620 film - which I still have. The first real camera I purchased was a Kodak Retina IIIC, with it's two additional lens, filters, auxiliary viewfinder - the whole works. While some of you had yours "legitimately" stolen, I was careless enough to leave mine in my High School restroom one day. Still really miss that camera. It's replacement was my "old Ikon", a c.1937 Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta (or Ikomat) A (530) that I still have and used up to the end of my film days. A fabulous 6x4.5cm compact rangefinder. Those cameras started my collection, which I still enjoy and add to occasionally.

In the digital world, boy how I lusted after the Sony Mavica after it first came out. I believe my first digital camera was a Vivitar, I think 1.4 mpix (which I also still have). My first really capable digital was a Fuji Finepix D700, which I used until the sensor was no longer providing accurate color. I couldn't convince myself (or my wife) that I needed to spend more than that. For my general photography it served me well.

RLSeipleSr Loc: North of Boston

Got my first real camera in SVN in 1966, a Yashica Electro 35 ... sadly, I have no idea what became of it, did not return with me.

Fast-forward - when I returned to film a couple of years ago I found a real nice Yashica Electro 35 GSN, had it CLAd and it has become my EDC, I carry a second camera, usually a digital since my TLR is in Florida being rebuilt.

Bob S

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Still have my ol' Brownie 620 somewhere in my precious archives! And my old Pentax Spotmatic still works.

bwa

bwa

DaveD65 Loc: Queen City, Ohio

My first camera was a Kodak brownie, around 14 yrs of age. My first opportunity to use a SLR was in the Army 1971. My duty station had a brand new olive drab Speed Reflex and was never used, we also had a Yashica range finder which was OK. I ended up buying my first SLR and used it instead. It was Ricoh model? slr. I traded that in for a Canon AE1 and liked it very much until I bought a Canon A1 in 1986, They weren't making any more A1's and there were only two available in Cincinnati at that time, so I bought the last one too. I bought a motor drive and used the heck out of that A1 (Istill think it is the best camera I have ever owned). The other A1 never was removed from its box, I sold it 20 yrs later for more than twice what I originally paid for it.

Bluetick Loc: Flowery Branch, GA

Yes, an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic with a Super Takumar 50mm, f1.4 lens (1968 I think). The camera and lens are still in great condition. I love that lens. Actually, I have used it on extension tubes and a converter to use for macro work with my digital Nikon D300. As for the Spotmatic, it was my "learning" camera. At the time I knew essentially nothing about the basics of photography. But with the help of the little exposure needle and Herbert Keppler's articles I made steady progress.