David Hughes
David Hughes
A Coronet Midget in blue with the blue case (that was the late 40's). Looked them up on ebay recently and nearly fainted.
Regards, David
Regards, David
Steven Dooley
Established
OM-2n chrome. Used it extensively in college and took it when "backpacking" through Europe in the early nineties.
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
Beseler Topcon D from my Dad's office. Got it in the late 80s still new in the box. Also backpacked through Europe with it and it successfully fended off werewolves in London and vampire in transylvania.
Timestep
Established
Braun Paxette 35mm, then, Zeiss Ikoflex II (6x6), then Nikon S2, which is still in use today with lenses from 21 - 105mm..
mac_wt
Cameras are like bunnies
One of the less sophisticated Agfa Agfamatic variants. It used 110 film cassettes. Probably an Agfamatic 2000.
Regards, Wim
Regards, Wim
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dedmonds
Established
my first camera was a kodak ektralite 10 when i was a kid.
NickTrop
Veteran
A Ricoh point-n-shoot, a gift from an old girlfriend in the 80's. I hinted I wanted a used Pentax K1000 but the salesman talked her into the Ricoh. Good camera, but not what I wanted. Had to use it, act like I loved it... one of "those gifts" but truth be told it took very good pics. Felt bad because we were college students and I know at the time the $100 plus it cost was a lot of money to her. Although the motor went on it w/in 5 years of purchase, it "followed me around" and I found it in a drawer recently and threw it out. Kinda weird.
lensjunkie
Established
My absolute first was a Canon AE-1 my father gave me. A hand-me-down of his. Second was a black A1. Then I discovered the Leica article in the New Yorker, and EVERYTHING changed! epson r-d1s. leica M8. and here I am!
M.Nadz
Member
My father gave me his OM-2n when I was about 13ish. Still have it and use it. The last roll of film I put through it was a few months ago.
-Mike
-Mike
Geordiepete
Member
The first one I bought myself was a Minolta XG-1 when I was at uni. I was co-ordinating a youth club in a run-down area, and we needed evidence to show the local council and various sponsors to illustrate what we were doing. I bought the camera with about 110 GBP that took me a while to save up for that. I bought it without any desire for equipment beyond wanting something to do the necessary job well. A local used store sold it to me, after I asked their advice for the best I could get with the money I had saved, with a Sigma medium zoom lens.
It didn't take me long to really enjoy the results that could be had, and the feel of the manual focus as it glided into the best shot with that split prism finder was a joy. About ten years later, something went wrong with it, I can't remember. It was probably my fault, messing about one day. Maybe it wouldn't fire. This was after I took part in the Manual Minolta XG-1 Around the World project (Google it, it was fun), and I had a lot of affection for that camera because of the results it consistently yielded.
A young photojournalism student was couchsurfing his way around Japan, where I live, and I when he was at my place for a few days I gave him that camera as he said he would be able to get it fixed and would love to use it.
Man, I liked that camera. I hope the kid got it fixed and is using it!
It didn't take me long to really enjoy the results that could be had, and the feel of the manual focus as it glided into the best shot with that split prism finder was a joy. About ten years later, something went wrong with it, I can't remember. It was probably my fault, messing about one day. Maybe it wouldn't fire. This was after I took part in the Manual Minolta XG-1 Around the World project (Google it, it was fun), and I had a lot of affection for that camera because of the results it consistently yielded.
A young photojournalism student was couchsurfing his way around Japan, where I live, and I when he was at my place for a few days I gave him that camera as he said he would be able to get it fixed and would love to use it.
Man, I liked that camera. I hope the kid got it fixed and is using it!
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muf
Well-known
My dad bought me a Praktica MTL 3, which I still have and it still works. It must be over 30 years old now. Think the meter is none functioning as I just received my Wein Cell today and the needle just drops through the floor. At least it moves though!
Paul
Paul
zuiko85
Veteran
Kodak Brownie Bullet, bought in 1961 with money from an aunt. I was 12 and I couldn't understand why my pictures from inside came back almost black. I was 20 when I purchased my next camera, a Minolta HiMatic 9, I still didn't know anything about shutter speeds and f stops and film speed but learned fast after that.
Thomas78
Well-known
My very first camera was a "Adox Golf" (cheap 6x6 folder) which turned out to have a jammed shutter.
My first working camera was a Agfa Clack (simple 6x9 box).
My first real camera (which I got at the age of 12 for 130 DM) was a FED-2 + I-61 which went for a CLA to Oleg this summer.
(Perhaps the "growing up" with a RF influend me to use RF as my favourite cameras.)
I still have all of them and plan to use the FED-2 again.
My first working camera was a Agfa Clack (simple 6x9 box).
My first real camera (which I got at the age of 12 for 130 DM) was a FED-2 + I-61 which went for a CLA to Oleg this summer.
(Perhaps the "growing up" with a RF influend me to use RF as my favourite cameras.)
I still have all of them and plan to use the FED-2 again.
DavidC
Established
kodak brownie
kodak brownie
My first camera was given to me when I was 12. At the time I did not realize the poor quality of the pictures but enjoyed the convenience of no focusing and portability.
kodak brownie
My first camera was given to me when I was 12. At the time I did not realize the poor quality of the pictures but enjoyed the convenience of no focusing and portability.
John Robertson
Well-known
My very first camera was a "Adox Golf" (cheap 6x6 folder) which turned out to have a jammed shutter.
My first working camera was a Agfa Clack (simple 6x9 box).
My first real camera (which I got at the age of 12 for 130 DM) was a FED-2 + I-61 which went for a CLA to Oleg this summer.
(Perhaps the "growing up" with a RF influend me to use RF as my favourite cameras.)
I still have all of them and plan to use the FED-2 again.
I also had a near mint Adox Golf, the one with the uncoupled R/F and a super sharp Steinheill tessar type lens. One on those I wish I had never sold!!!
Outlasted the Fuji 645folder disaster!!
thirtyfivefifty
Noctilust survivor
Parents bought me a massively discounted Sony DSC-P5 back in November 2002 from a Best Buy grand opening. Thought it would be fun to use during college, but later realized my disinterest in taking photographs at that time. Lost it eventually. Became interested in photography after I had graduated years later while experimenting with my parents' Canon PowerShot SD400 and Konica FT-1 Motor for a couple years. Eventually bought myself a Nikon D80 with 35mm F/2D, but sold that eventually to move to Canon Digital.
Sylvester
Well-known
It was a very compact, all made of plastic, even the lens, Vivitar digital camera. I still have it, but it was only compatible with the proprietary software from Vivitar... which only works on Windows 95 and Windows 98. I obviously don't use it anymore, I have a Mac. It is somewhere in a drawer. It was very cool I could take what... 28 pictures in "Fine" quality!
I could take what... 28 pictures in "Fine" quality! 
Cyriljay
Leica Like
My first one is Canon AE 1 .I offered to my brother!
OwenStegemann
Established
My first was a silver om-1 with the 50 1.8. I was 14 or 15. I remember walking around just looking through the viewfinder, thinking how much better everything looked.
celluloidprop
Well-known
I might have had a P&S of my own sometime earlier, but the first I remember is a Canon Elan 7e I bought the summer after I graduated from high school.