Interesting thread, I really need to go post in the Intro forum.
First camera I ever got to use: My mom's
126 Instamatic, sometime in the '70s
First camera of my own:
Kodak Disc camera someone got me for Christmas--early '80s I guess
First TLR "serious" camera I got to use: My dad's
Yashica 44, he let me use it for an after-school photo class when I was probably 15. I didn't like it much because the 127 film was hard to find (at one old photo store in my city), I had a hard time getting used to roll film (loading in camera and tank), and it looked weird compared to my classmates' SLRs (at 15 that was important). I think it says a lot about my parents' lack of serious interest in photography that it sat in a closet for years while they used the Instamatic. I wish I'd liked it then as much as I would appreciate it now. My dad has since sold it or given it away.
First 35mm SLR:
Pentax K1000, replaced the Yashica--came from a pawn shop, in around 1985. I think my dad still has it. Succeeded by an
Olympus OM-1N that I still have (sitting on my desk at home).
First digital P&S camera:
Sony Cybershot from 2004 or so that was handy for vacations--someone stole it. Succeeded by a Panasonic Lumix that I hated when I got it and still do.
First DSLR:
Nikon D60, a nice enough camera I guess. My wife likes to use it. Competent but a little soulless.
First medium-format:
Pentax 6x7, a Christmas gift from my wife this past year after I'd expressed an interest in getting back into film and in trying MF this time. I think she thinks this is the "mid-life crisis" camera, but I think it may turn out to be more expensive and time-consuming than a sports car or mistress. (She catches me looking at lenses, I have to be careful about that.) I like it for some of the same reasons I didn't like the Yashica as a teenager--it's big and weird-looking next to most DSLRs, and it makes a nice big negative on roll film. If I'd only known then what I know now...
