What was the first camera that you've ever used?

[John_Nikon_F]

My sister's Kodak Ektra 110 camera. First 35 was my Pentax H3v.

 

[AgX]

Kodak Retina type I B

35mm folder, brightline viewfinder w. illuminator window, uncoupled exposure meter, lens not exchangeable, no rangefinder


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/3/39/Kamera-Retina-I-B-5.jpg/800px-Kamera-Retina-I-B-5.jpg


(Died the Retina death (cocking mechanism), and was traded in.)

 

[Rafal Lukawiecki]

It was a Polish-made, medium-format Druh Synchro which I was gifted by my uncle, Jerzy, when I was 7.



(Photo of the camera by Topory)

 

[Regular Rod]

My mother's Ensign Ful-Vue but I could never get the "Vue" right...

A Kodak Brownie Cresta of my own changed everything! At last I could see what I was hoping to photograph.

RR

 

[hoffy]

Mine would be a Kodak 110 Brownie, that I got for christmas in 1982.

I took some reasonable photos with that camera. I think its still in my shed.

 

[Sibben]

I had a Kodak Instamatic 100 as a small kid. It had little disposable flash cubes.

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[Woody63]

Kodak box brownie no flash in about 1959 / 1960

 

[jp498]

Om10. Late '80s. Not as old as some people here!

 

[TheToadMen]

A Yashica FX3 with 3 lenses, I bought 2nd hand from a friend. Must have been in 1983??

 

[RPC]

A Bainier, took 120 film, in '64 OR '65.

 

[Peltigera]

It was a VERY long time ago and I have no real idea - a no-name plastic 120 camera. When it became apparent that I was not going to lose interest any-time soon I was bought a Kodak Brownie Vecta

 

[faustotesta]

Bencini comet
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GKC-394kF...tQM/s320/BENCINI+Comet+%281962%29+%281%29.jpg

 

[HowardDvorin]

My first photos were of my dog. I used my Mother's Kodak Brownie box camera. she probly bought it around 1935. I still have it.

I was taking the pictures in my back yard. A neighbor looked out his window and saw me. About an hour later he showed up with a batch of back issues and his beloved Ciroflex.

When he left he took the camera and left the mags.Iwnder where he is now?

 

[craigclu]

My father's Kodak Flash Bantam 828. My first darkroom negatives were from this little rig and the optics were surprisingly decent when I look back at those old prints. Photo attached is one I snagged off the net just now as the camera is long departed. I built a small darkroom in the basement and saved up for a Spiratone enlarger (high school years in the 1960's).

 

[Kc2edh]

First camera I ever took a picture with was my dad's Yashica Electro 35, I remember him using it all the time when I was little. I later found out he never even had a battery in it, just kept it at the mechanical 1/500 shutter speed and guessed at the apertures. Took surprisingly good pictures, all things considered!

When I got a little older I was given my own Canon point and shoot for Christmas one year, which also took surprisingly good pictures for being fixed-focus, fixed aperture and shutter speed. I still have it somewhere, haven't used it since high school.

 

[captbrs]

Kodak Pony

Mine was Kodak Pony given to me by my dad, still have it.

 

[cliveh]

A Brownie 127.

 

[Robert Ley]

Argus C3


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[GRHazelton]

It was a 120 folder that belonged to my mother. IIRC it had scale focusing, shutter speeds of B, 1/25, 1/50, and 1/100. Both the little waist level VF and a folding eye level VF. Probably a 3 element lens at best. 6 x 9 negatives, I processed the film in the old Kodak tank with the lasagna noodle like aprons, and made some muddy contact prints. Then I graduated to a Retina I bought second hand for $25.00 and my father and I set up a proper darkroom with and enlarger, etc. I still have both of those cameras, the Retina is only about 3 feet away. Sadly, while its shutter is just fine, there is a fingerprint etched on the lens. Mea culpa!

 

[1L6E6VHF]

Kodak Instamatic 104.

It was my first day of Kindergarten. Mom had me stand with my siblings, wearing my name and room card. After she took the picture, I told her I wanted to take a picture, too, and she let me take one of her and my siblings (like many beginners, I chopped their heads off).

 

[Vaughn]

A Rolleiflex 3.5. It belonged to my Dad, but he upgraded to a Kodak 804.

 

[jaz1943]

A Petri 35mm half frame camera my Uncle gave me back in the 60s. 72 photos per roll. Sheesh, I never thought I could get through a roll of film before it expired!!!!

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[Dr Croubie]

Me too!
Except mine was an X-15F, not that I had the flash to go with it...

I was at my local friendly camera shop the other day, someone had brought in a box of 30 year old films and they let me poke through it for free. Found a roll of 126 Vericolour with 1979 expiry, older than me. It's now loaded in and I've been taking some shots with it again!

Kodak Instamatic X-15! Still have it, too.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

A Diana, before they were trendy. Back in 1970.

 

[Ian Grant]

Not sure what make or model, my father had just bought a Bantam Colorsnap II and gave me his old camera.

The negative were 6x9.

Ian