Me With My First Camera

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  Kevin Caulfield

• Feb 2, 2010

Taken by my father or mother, around 1971. Note the Diana-type camera. I was an early trendsetter.

 

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  thebanana

• Feb 2, 2010

A great keepsake!

 

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  Kevin Caulfield

• Feb 2, 2010

Yes, it was a bit funny. I've had these negs for a few years. My mum found them. I could see one of the pics was one of my sisters, and I thought this was too. Yesterday I finally got around to printing them, and was surprised to see myself, and doubly surprised to see the Diana-type camera (I can't remember which actual variant that camera was). Also, it's a funny film format, somewhere between 35mm and 120 in size, and with no visible writing on the rebates.

 

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  Ken Nadvornick

• Feb 2, 2010

Thought fer sher that was a Leica...

 

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  Jerevan

• Feb 3, 2010

Great keepsake. As for the format between "35mm and 120 in size", could it be 127 roll film?

 

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  Kevin Caulfield

• Feb 3, 2010

Hi Jerevan, if 127 was around in 1971, then that could well be the format. Thanks.

 

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  Jerevan

• Feb 3, 2010

Yep, 127 film has been around since 1912, so it is a distinct possibility.

 

• Nige

• Feb 3, 2010

look at that hair

 

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  Mick Fagan

• Feb 4, 2010

I agree about the hair Nige, he didn't need Grecian 2000 then!

Brick veneer eh, posh! We had a weatherboard house, but the old man used to tell people we had tiles on the roof and could listen to the wireless when it rained.

Kevin, you don't look a day older, well maybe a few days........

Mick.

 

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  Kevin Caulfield

• Feb 4, 2010

Thanks, Nige and Mick. I thought the hair comments might arise.