My first three cameras - what were yours?
May 15, 2015 05:22:38 #
May 15, 2015 05:39:29 #
1. Kodak Brownie Starmite, around 1961.
2. Minolta SRT-101, 1970.
3. Nikon F2AS, 1981.
2. Minolta SRT-101, 1970.
3. Nikon F2AS, 1981.
May 15, 2015 05:48:16 #
I have had a succession of cameras, starting with an Argus C3, then a Polaroid Swinger; my first SLR was a Minolta SRT-101. I have had about a dozen, since then.
May 15, 2015 05:48:48 #
May 15, 2015 06:08:24 #
A Kodak Brownie, Argus 35mm C3, 21/4 Rollie and a 4x5 Speed Graphic.
May 15, 2015 06:14:07 #
the first I remember was a brownie box camera. I was a kid and never used it. my mom gave us an instamatic 110 in 1970. I used that a lot. my favorite one was a Minolta talker. it told you what to do like "too dark, use flash". My first digital was a canon point and shoot, when my granddaughter was born. I got my canon rebel after that. now I shoot a 60d, SX50, and still use my rebel. cameras have come along way. thanks for the trip down memory lane. deb
May 15, 2015 06:20:20 #
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I used a yashica in high school the. Bought a canon ft then hassy 500 c and Nikon f2as
May 15, 2015 06:30:30 #
May 15, 2015 06:44:02 #
My very first was some little Kodak....don't remember the model. I was very young.
Then;
Pentax Spotmatic
Mamiya 645 1000s
Rolleiflex Planar 2.8
Then;
Pentax Spotmatic
Mamiya 645 1000s
Rolleiflex Planar 2.8
May 15, 2015 06:45:23 #
My 1st was the Brownie Hawkeye like you show. My 2nd was a Canon FTQL SLR form 1968, and my 3rd was a Minolta maxxum 7000.
CANON FT QL
MINOLTA 7000
May 15, 2015 06:46:42 #
A Brownie, Kodak Instamatic, Polaroid Swinger and my first "real" camera was a Yashika TL Electro 35 mm
May 15, 2015 06:57:09 #
tomw wrote:
Film and processing costs for my grandfather's Kod... (show quote)
I have a Kodak very similar to your grandfather's. It belonged to my grandfather. I think it's called a Proemette.
My first camera cost $0.98. I didn't realize it at the time, but it was a half-frame camera. Push the shutter lever down to take one picture and then raise it to take another. I'd get 16 pictures on an 8-exposure roll of 127 film.
Then I got a Brownie like yours, but without the flash. A few years later, I got another no-name camera with a flash.
May 15, 2015 07:04:51 #
I didn't have a camera until I bought one in Vienna when I was 21. It was a Zeiss Icon Contaflex and I took pictures throughout Europe with it. This was a quality beast. Kept it for years. Then I bought a Chinese Seagull 6x6 cm camera. I replaced the Zeiss with a Nikkormat EL and eventually I replaced the cheap Seagull, too. But that would make four! I spent most of my hobbyist time with medium format cameras.
May 15, 2015 07:07:42 #
#1 Kodak Retinette 1A (probably about 1961)
#2 Pentax SV (1963?)
#3 Pentax Spotmatic (1964/5?) I had a pair of these and a whole pile of lenses.
#2 Pentax SV (1963?)
#3 Pentax Spotmatic (1964/5?) I had a pair of these and a whole pile of lenses.
May 15, 2015 07:20:25 #
My first camera was a Brownie, no flash, then One with a flash and the third was a Minolta SRT 101. Then Nikons for the rest.:):)
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