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What Was Your First Camera and When
Dec 6, 2011 05:38:56 #
My first camera was an Argus C3. I got it in 1957 to go to a summer camp. It was great camera on which to learn. I had to estimate speed and f-stop. Still have the photos taken back then.
Dec 6, 2011 06:01:21 #
My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic back in about 1968. I was the local winner of a high school essay contest about the United Nations, and won a week trip to NYC. I needed something to record the sites, and the film cartridge was as easy as it got to load.
Dec 6, 2011 06:05:35 #
I had a kodak instamatic too. I know I earned it and my memory tells me it was from collecting Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum comics/wrappers.
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Dec 6, 2011 13:02:29 #
My first was a Yashika 35mm,,can't remember the model number,that was back in the mid 60's
Dec 6, 2011 14:19:50 #
I had an old Brownie when I was about 8 - around 1966. I got an Instamatic a few years later - can you say "flashcubes?"
I got my first "real" camera as a birthday gift in 1974 or 1975 - a Minolta Hi-matic 7s rangefinder; fixed 45mm f/1.8 lens; split-image focus. I still have it and recently (within past 2 years) shot a roll of film with it. The hot shoe needs to be replaced and I can't get batteries for it so there is no meter, but it still works.
I got my first "real" camera as a birthday gift in 1974 or 1975 - a Minolta Hi-matic 7s rangefinder; fixed 45mm f/1.8 lens; split-image focus. I still have it and recently (within past 2 years) shot a roll of film with it. The hot shoe needs to be replaced and I can't get batteries for it so there is no meter, but it still works.
Dec 6, 2011 14:36:26 #
Dec 6, 2011 14:54:52 #
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Dec 6, 2011 15:02:56 #
I got a "PAX" Japaneese 35mm ,manual settings,used a light
meter to tell me what to set. Took slides in those days,
1953 in Tokyo,I should convert them to digital, some day I hope.
meter to tell me what to set. Took slides in those days,
1953 in Tokyo,I should convert them to digital, some day I hope.
Dec 6, 2011 16:38:57 #
plieber wrote:
My first camera was an Argus C3. I got it in 1957 to go to a summer camp. It was great camera on which to learn. I had to estimate speed and f-stop. Still have the photos taken back then.
Bought this in 1937, the new AF model 'Full Focusing'; the original A model did not focus. Sunday I was shooting some b&w with it, I like to exercise the shutters of my cameras. I just noticed the tag when I got the box for the photo; I don't remember if I registered my camera as per
instructions. Probably to late now.
Dec 6, 2011 16:53:33 #
A Voightlander Vittorette DR I still have it today, see photo below. I took the photograph in the bathroom mirror when I was 13. 46 years later via Photoshop I put myself back into the mirror with the same camera.
Me at 13 and 46 years later....
Dec 6, 2011 17:33:51 #
photophly wrote:
My first was a Yashika 35mm,,can't remember the model number,that was back in the mid 60's
Bet you had a Yashica Electro 35. My family owned a photo supply company and I saw and sold a lot of cameras from the mid-60's on including a fair number of Electro 35's.
Dec 6, 2011 17:42:39 #
snowbear wrote:
I had an old Brownie when I was about 8 - around 1966. I got an Instamatic a few years later - can you say "flashcubes?"
I got my first "real" camera as a birthday gift in 1974 or 1975 - a Minolta Hi-matic 7s rangefinder; fixed 45mm f/1.8 lens; split-image focus. I still have it and recently (within past 2 years) shot a roll of film with it. The hot shoe needs to be replaced and I can't get batteries for it so there is no meter, but it still works.
I got my first "real" camera as a birthday gift in 1974 or 1975 - a Minolta Hi-matic 7s rangefinder; fixed 45mm f/1.8 lens; split-image focus. I still have it and recently (within past 2 years) shot a roll of film with it. The hot shoe needs to be replaced and I can't get batteries for it so there is no meter, but it still works.
I sold a lot of Hi-Matic 7's in my family's camera store. I thought it took excellant photos that were especially contrasty.
Dec 6, 2011 17:44:50 #
cgchief wrote:
quote=plieber My first camera was an Argus C3. I ... (show quote)
Cgchief, why am I not surprised that you owned an Argus 35. I kind of wish I still had it around.
Dec 6, 2011 17:45:40 #
plieber wrote:
Bet you had a Yashica Electro 35. My family owned a photo supply company and I saw and sold a lot of cameras from the mid-60's on including a fair number of Electro 35's.
photophly wrote:
My first was a Yashika 35mm,,can't remember the model number,that was back in the mid 60's
Bet you had a Yashica Electro 35. My family owned a photo supply company and I saw and sold a lot of cameras from the mid-60's on including a fair number of Electro 35's.
That does sound familiar.......thanx
Dec 6, 2011 17:51:13 #
ahanonymous wrote:
A Voightlander Vittorette DR I still have it today, see photo below. I took the photograph in the bathroom mirror when I was 13. 46 years later via Photoshop I put myself back into the mirror with the same camera.
That's a great pair of pictures. I really enjoyed the concept and execution. Thanks for posting. I think I might steal your idea.
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