What is your happiest Christmas camera related memory

[John Bragg]

Taking family photos with my brand new Canon AV1 slr. I had a cheapo Sunpak flash and a 50mm f1.8 and I was the bees knees. Few photos survive from those first few, but I do have one of the only colour photos of my Grandma who passed at the age of 96. Very precious.

Grandma Roberts by E.J. Bragg, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

Well hopefully started a new Christmas photography memory tonight. My youngest daughter (23) has always shown some interest in photography, and has been curious about film photography. She took my Konica Big Mini on a short trip recently. Also recently I bought a couple of lenses from a different site- a Takumar 50mm f1.8 and a Tessar (both M42). I mated the Takumar to a Spotmatic, and gave her that as a gift as along with a roll of HP5+. She is pretty excited. I can see a photo day trip in the near future, and possibly a new film photographer in the making.

 

[Doug]

Happy daughter -> happy papa, Mark! 🙂

 

[CMur12]

I had a cheap little camera that had served me well, but I wanted a camera with a flash. So, for Christmas 1959, my parents got me a Kodak Duaflex IV TLR, which started my love of TLRs. I was eight years old.

I still have that little Kodak, which took 620 film.

- Murray

 

[markjwyatt]

Happy daughter -> happy papa, Mark! 🙂

Yes. Goes with the other expression- Happy Wife, happy life 🙂

 

[raydm6]

My Dad bought me a Polaroid 420 Automatic Land Camera. Still have it.


1970’s Polaroids by rdc154, on Flickr