What was your first camera? And when did you become interested in photography?
Nov 10, 2016 14:10:24 #
Nov 10, 2016 14:10:47 #
First camera...Nomad 620 when I was about 10. Became interested in Photography in high school in '63 when my neighbor gave me a Ciroflex which was made the year I was born.
Nov 10, 2016 14:18:39 #
Canon A-1 in the mid 70's. Started with making contact prints then bought an enlarger (A Zenit) that could fold into it's own case since I had no room for a perminant darkroom. Developed my own film (B&W). Have always loved Photography.
Nov 10, 2016 14:23:52 #
Baby Brownie. Shot 127 film. I still have it. Got it as a sixth grader. Shot monochrome since we couldn't afford color then. Always wanted to photograph, always will. Before I got it I played with my mother's 116 Autographic Kodak. Built like a little view camera. Film was expensive so I rigged up a piece of frosted plastic as a screen and pretended to take pictures with the back open and a black cloth over my at head, just like a little Ansel, I guess. The gene was there!
Nov 10, 2016 14:35:01 #
Thank you.
James Slick wrote:
It looks like a Kodak "35" (non-rangefinder model.) They were made from 1938 through WW2 (Kodak produced military versions also). I believe it was Kodaks first US made 35mm. (original Retinas were German made.
Nov 10, 2016 14:44:19 #
My first camera in the 1950's was an Ansco. It used 620 film. I used to develop some and print with a contact printer. First 35mm was a Kodak Signet. First SLR was Canon Ftb. First DSLR was Nikon D70S.
Cameras I owned, Canon Pelix, Canon AE-1. Canon A1, Canon T70, Canon T90, Canonet GIII QL17 (still have),
Canon S70, Nikon P7700 (which I currently use along with Sony A850)
Cameras I owned, Canon Pelix, Canon AE-1. Canon A1, Canon T70, Canon T90, Canonet GIII QL17 (still have),
Canon S70, Nikon P7700 (which I currently use along with Sony A850)
crafterwantabe wrote:
My first camera was I was given this to take to ch... (show quote)
Nov 10, 2016 14:54:15 #
RobertW
Loc: Breezy Point, New York
Kodak Brownie to Minolta ? to Nikon F to Leica III to Hasselblad to what's listed below
Nov 10, 2016 14:54:45 #
A piece of junk called Samoca, when I was about 19. Been taking pictures ever since.
Nov 10, 2016 15:22:22 #
I started photography with the birth of my son in 1976.
First camera was a Konica TC SLR.
First DSLR was a Konica-Minolta A200 as I recall.
I later went to a D90, and then a D5300.
First camera was a Konica TC SLR.
First DSLR was a Konica-Minolta A200 as I recall.
I later went to a D90, and then a D5300.
Nov 10, 2016 15:26:54 #
Gino_P
Loc: Massachusetts
Started photography in high school, around 1967. My first camera was a Minolta Hi-Matic 9.
Nov 10, 2016 15:43:16 #
crafterwantabe wrote:
My first camera was I was given this to take to ch... (show quote)
My first was a Brownie Hawkeye. Then a Contax rangefinder. Next came the Minolta SR-1 and later, Minolta Maxxum 7000s.
First almost-sort-of-kinda DSLR was Kodak P880. First real DSLR was Sony a300, which became a paperweight due to a premature death.
Now use Sony a700 with the Kodak as a backup. (Although the Kodak lacks some features and has a top ISO of 400,
it makes great images with its Schneider lens in optimal shooting conditions.) >>>Alan
Nov 10, 2016 15:48:31 #
Nov 10, 2016 15:55:16 #
I fell in love with photography in high school. The camera we used was a brand new Olympus Pen-F. I remember the teacher, Mr. Dawson, had to take a Librium every time he let us take it out on the school grounds to shoot our assignments. However, what I truly loved was the darkroom -- so instead of getting a job and saving my money to buy a good camera of my own, I saved up to buy an enlarger for my diy darkroom. It was a beauty -- a well-used Omega D2. At that time, taking a picture was just a pretext to get a chance to go into the darkroom.
But to answer the question -- my first "real" camera was a Minolta XD 11, the world's first camera with aperture and shutter priority. Still have it-- works great.
But to answer the question -- my first "real" camera was a Minolta XD 11, the world's first camera with aperture and shutter priority. Still have it-- works great.
Nov 10, 2016 16:13:06 #
jim in TC
Loc: Traverse City, Michigan
When young, perhaps 11 or 12, I remember how cool it was to see those distant things in a photo clearly. Of course, it turns out I was near-sighted. But that was what got me started.
First, Brownie Hawkeye, "flashfun" model I think, followed soon after by my dad's hand-me-down Duraflex IV, which carried me into my late teens. Things got serious when he handed down the Argus C3 "brick", which took great images for years, and was a good teacher of all things photographic, followed by decades of reliable service from a Minolta SRT 101. Still looking for the digital camera I like as well as that simple old workhorse.
First, Brownie Hawkeye, "flashfun" model I think, followed soon after by my dad's hand-me-down Duraflex IV, which carried me into my late teens. Things got serious when he handed down the Argus C3 "brick", which took great images for years, and was a good teacher of all things photographic, followed by decades of reliable service from a Minolta SRT 101. Still looking for the digital camera I like as well as that simple old workhorse.
Nov 10, 2016 16:23:10 #
NJphotodoc
Loc: Now in the First State
My 1st camera was a Rollei pre WW2 vintage DLR. Graduated to a Nikon Ftn in college along with a SpeedGraphic 4x5 complete with a wood tripod (hand-me-down from my uncle). DSLRs began with a Nikon D5000, moved up to aD7000 and hope to go to a D7200 soon. Plus still have my lab and Beeseler Dichro enlarger which is an excellent conversation piece but not much more than that
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