Agfa Clack 1960.
Later a Regula King (1970) with coupled meter. Even later - in 1981 - I gotr my
first Pentax - a MX - still got a black one :-) MZ-S was my last film camera
(still got one). First digtal was Sony 700 something. Later I got the *ist D,
*ist DL andf a K10. I still got the K20D (l
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
Brownie Starflash.
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On Apr 14, 2011, at 20:36 , Rob Studdert wrote:
> On 15 April 2011 13:29, Charles Robinson wrote:
>
>> Prints were your only option!
>
> I have Kodachrome slides shot using my Pentax 110 SLR ;-)
So do I. But I'll bet you don't have the Kodak 110 Carousel projector, do you!
With several trays
Indeed! Some day I'll do a MX GESO--pictures from several hundered years
past :-) Cheers, Christine
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On Apr 14, 2011, at 22:36, Rob Studdert wrote:
> On 15 April 2011 13:29, Charles Robinson wrote:
>
>> Prints were your only option!
>
> I have Kodachrome slides shot using my Pentax 110 SLR ;-)
>
OK.. prints were one of your two only options!
Funny, I never shot slide film in the Instamatic
On 15 April 2011 13:29, Charles Robinson wrote:
> Prints were your only option!
I have Kodachrome slides shot using my Pentax 110 SLR ;-)
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On Apr 14, 2011, at 19:34, David Parsons wrote:
> My first was a Kodak 110 camera. I was a kid, and I took happy snaps
> of random things.
>
> Funny thing is I have more prints from that camera than I do from my K100DS.
>
Prints were your only option!
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My first was a Kodak 110 camera. I was a kid, and I took happy snaps
of random things.
Funny thing is I have more prints from that camera than I do from my K100DS.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> B
On 4/12/11 3:32 PM, Bill Owens wrote:
In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
Mine was a "KODAK pocket B-1 camera". - This is exactly what it says on
its label - I have it right in front of me as I type this :-)
- Toralf
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On Apr 14, 2011, at 6:55, Steven Desjardins wrote:
> The MX was a great camera. Alas, I could only really get one many
> years later from KEH.
>
If I'd have had an MX instead of the K1000 in High School... man, that would
have been a dream setup. Small, light
I went to so many concerts i
The MX was a great camera. Alas, I could only really get one many
years later from KEH.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Christine Aguila
wrote:
> My 1st camera was Kodak instamatic at the age of 10. I took lots of
> pictures with it, but I was always so disappointed with them. They seldom
>
l 2011 4:59 PM
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> Subject: RE: What was your first camera?
>
> > John Coyle
>
>
> > ... and the second was a Pentax SV. Beautiful camera, stolen in 1975
>
> I didn't have the balls to steal mine. I had to save up for i
Good decision.
On 4/12/2011 8:17 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote:
A hand-me-down Brownie from my parents. I still have it. It still works.
My second was a hand-me-down Instamatic from my parents. I think I
still have it, too.
After that I bought a Miranda dx-3 SLR. It was either that, or wait
until
My first camera was a Bakelite Baby Brownie on permanent loan from my
Grandmother sometime before 1964. I'm not sure what happened to it,
though I remember coming across it after she died, and feeling more than
a little saddened. My first real camera was an Ansco Speedex 4.5
folder that my f
My 1st camera was Kodak instamatic at the age of 10. I took lots of
pictures with it, but I was always so disappointed with them. They seldom
matched the image I had visualized. This led to frustration, and I really
didn't know how to learn about what I wanted to do. But the love of
photogr
Aaaargh - trust Bob to turn it around!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:19 -0500, "Bob Sullivan"
wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Joseph McAllister
> wrote:>
> > In 1966, I purchased a brand new Pentax Spotmatic, and my fate was sealed.
> > A year later I bought a black Spotty, a couple more M-42 lenses. Had not
> > realized that it
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:52 -0500, "Morris Galloway"
wrote:
> Voigtlander Bessamatic with a 50mm lens. SLR with leaf shutter.
> Learned a lot in a hurry. I was 15.
>
A Bessamatic at the age of 15! Did you have a fairy godmother??
In my manic collecting phase a few years ago I decided I just
An awful Zenit E(T?) at age 12. I had loads of fun but I also abandoned
photography for ten years after just one year with the Zenit.
Good times.
kris
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On 2011-04-12 12:31 , they whom i call myself wrote:
despite hanging around my father's darkroom when i was very young, i got
a late start; the first i owned was a K1000 my stepfather gave me when i
was about 15, but because i couldn't afford film he eventually gave it
to someone else
all the t
On 2011-04-13 16:49, Peter Zalabai wrote:
Zeiss Ikonta C 521/2 :) I still love that 'pocket camera' :D
.t
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 09:32 -0400, Bill Owens wrote:
In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
My mom's Kodak Instamatic with 126 film.
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Zeiss Ikonta C 521/2 :) I still love that 'pocket camera' :D
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On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 09:32 -0400, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> Bill
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My first was a Kodak Brownie Holiday. Received it for Christmas in
1954-1955 timeframe. In 61-62 timeframe I upgraded to a Kodak Brownie Super
27. Shot a lot of Super slides with that one. '69 brought my first Pentax,
H1a. Later added an SPII, then a PZ1p, a 645, *istD and most recently K20
I used several cameras belonging to my parents and grandparents, but the
first that was actually mine was a Minute 16 that used a tiny cassette
loaded with 16mm film. My first "serious" camera was an Argus C-3,
purchased in 1962 for $25. Next was a Honeywell Pentax H1a. Cost was
$150 paid of
Brownie Hawkeye (flash was long gone before I got it) ... a gift from my
grandmother, it was her old camera.
After that I had a number of Kodak cartridge film cameras in 126 & 110,
until the first SLR I bought during my first attempt at college (1968 or
so) - a Praktika, I don't remember the m
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2011, at 6:18, Chris Sheppard wrote:
>
>> My first was a Argus 126 plastic wonder:
>> http://junkstorecameras.com/jscimages/Argus126.jpg
>>
>> My first 'real' camera was a Pentax ME Super, which I still have and
>> will never l
I don't quite remember how old I was (most likely between 10 and 12),
when I was given a "Smena-7".
It looked like this guy's:
http://www.nightphoto.com/smena7.html
I was happy to use my older brother's Fed-2:
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/FED_2
on a few occasions (like my brother's wedding).
On Apr 13, 2011, at 6:18, Chris Sheppard wrote:
> My first was a Argus 126 plastic wonder:
> http://junkstorecameras.com/jscimages/Argus126.jpg
>
> My first 'real' camera was a Pentax ME Super, which I still have and
> will never let go.
>
LOVE the ME Super. Even though I don't shoot with it a
When I was growing up, my dad was (and remains) an enthusiastic
amateur photographer. He shot Canon FD equipment; a TLb and AE-1. He
also shot weddings for a little while with a Hasselblad, but I never
touched that. I took pictures with the AE-1 now and then, like when we
were on vacation and he wa
Now THAT was funny, Bob. I think I like how your brain works.
: )
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Bob W wrote:
>> John Coyle
>
>
>> ... and the second was a Pentax SV. Beautiful camera, stolen in 1975
>
> I didn't have the balls to steal mine. I had to save up for it: a little
> Agfa of some so
Voigtlander Bessamatic with a 50mm lens. SLR with leaf shutter.
Learned a lot in a hurry. I was 15.
Back to Lurking.
G.
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:>
> In 1966, I purchased a brand new Pentax Spotmatic, and my fate was sealed. A
> year later I bought a black Spotty, a couple more M-42 lenses. Had not
> realized that it was a mental ailment yet. And here I am. Black Spotmatic
> with i
This stupid thread might cost me money. I got curious, looked for
pictures of the Duaflex on the web, and found then on eBay for $22.
http://tinyurl.com/3kww67e
It could sit proudly on my shelf. ;-)
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Chris Sheppard
wrote:
> My first was a Argus 126 plastic wond
My first was a Argus 126 plastic wonder:
http://junkstorecameras.com/jscimages/Argus126.jpg
My first 'real' camera was a Pentax ME Super, which I still have and
will never let go.
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Phil
Brownie. Second one was a Retina I. :-)
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> John Coyle
> ... and the second was a Pentax SV. Beautiful camera, stolen in 1975
I didn't have the balls to steal mine. I had to save up for it: a little
Agfa of some sort, bought when I was 13 or 14.
> and replaced a few
> years ago with a second-hand but much-loved and well-maintained on
On Apr 12, 2011, at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> Bill
>
I used a few of my parents' or sibling's Brownies etc. as a youth, then a Kodak
Turret-Lens 8mm movie camera in my early teens. First 35mm camera was a Kodak
o
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Bong Manayon wrote:
> Olympus PEN EE-2; got it for my 10th birthday...
Now that is a great choice. Twice the exposures on a roll of film and
a quality camera. Perfect for a young person to learn on.
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The first camera I owned was this 10 year old's birthday present in July 1952,
a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye with Kodalite Flashholder, and a soft plastic Kodak
Flashguard cover. In the late 90s I found a vintage adaptor that allows you to
connect PC cords to this Bakelite Beast, allowing you to hoo
Kodak Instamatic
Phil
On 13/04/11 7:37 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
A Voigtlander Vito IIa. No metering, no rangefinder - just a distance
scale on the focus ring. A fantastically sharp Color Skopar lens. I've
still got it.
Chris
On 12 April 2011 14:32, Bill Owens wrote:
In my case, it was a
On 11-04-12 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
Bill
My mother gave me her Kodak Folding Hawkeye Six-20 Model C which takes
620 roll film. I took a few rolls with it and even developed those
rolls myself. I was quite proud of
A hand-me-down Brownie from my parents. I still have it. It still works.
My second was a hand-me-down Instamatic from my parents. I think I
still have it, too.
After that I bought a Miranda dx-3 SLR. It was either that, or wait
until my parents finished with their Kodak disc camera.
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Olympus PEN EE-2; got it for my 10th birthday...
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> Bill
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While I used alot of other people's cameras, My first - that I owned - was
an Asahi Spotmatic with a 1.4 lens, bought by a friend for me while he was
in Nam for $98 complete with leather case.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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Owens
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Okay, what was the second one you owned?
Bill
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:54 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
> How come no one ever asks what was the second camera we owned.:-)
>
Apart from my Mum's Brownie, which I used occasionally, my first camera was a
Voigtlander
Vito CD, bought just one week before I left the UK for the first time to live
overseas for
two years. The fact that it took ten days to get there by ship gave me
invaluable
learning time, as I had never ev
On 12 April 2011 23:32, Bill Owens wrote:
>
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> Bill
>
My first camera was a Praktica L, with a 50mm f/1.8 lens - a 15th (I
think...) birthday present from my parents. I flogged this until it
seized up, and got another Pra
My first camera was an old (even at the time) Kodak Duaflex. My first
"real" camera was a Honeywell Pentax SP500.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> Bill
>
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A Voigtlander Vito IIa. No metering, no rangefinder - just a distance
scale on the focus ring. A fantastically sharp Color Skopar lens. I've
still got it.
Chris
On 12 April 2011 14:32, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> Bill
>
> --
>
A Certo-Certina followed by a Lubitel.
Still keeping the latter!
It reminds me of my deceased mother and my childhood...
Bulent
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My first camera that was exclusively mine was an Olympus C-3030 3mp
digital P&S. Up until that point I had always used my parents' P&S film
cameras, most of which were Pentax (I don't know why but my dad liked
the brand).
After that, when I realized I wasn't learning anything from the Olympus,
my
despite hanging around my father's darkroom when i was very young, i got
a late start; the first i owned was a K1000 my stepfather gave me when i
was about 15, but because i couldn't afford film he eventually gave it
to someone else
the first three cameras i ran film through were all found in
Nice image Paul! When you said she was "twirling," I imagined here
with a baton. I took many imaging of my sister practicing twirling
the baton. You are six or seven yeasr older than I am, so perhaps the
craze had died our by them.
Dan
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Paul Stenquist
wrote:
I think the first one was an Agfa Autostar x-126 Instamatic, or something
similar, in 1974.
Then Olympus 35RC in 1977 and a black Pentax ME with M50mm f/1.7 in 1979,
bought for my own money when I was 16. :-)
DagT
http://www.thrane.name
Den 12. apr. 2011 kl. 15.32 skrev Bill Owens:
> In m
The first cameras I used were bought for me by my parents: a Kodak 127
format "Brownie Starmite", then a Kodak 126 format "Instamatic 300".
After that I started acquiring my own cameras ...
The first one I purchased for myself was a Minolta 16-Ps. It was
cheap, small, and had just enough adjustabi
First camera (and the only one my parents purchased): A Brownie 127.
That was when I was around 7. Five years later I accquired a 35mm
from a schoolmate (which probably involved some parental funding).
This was a cheap-and-cheerful Hanimex-branded rangefinder, but it
was a reasonable camera; ma
I had a brownie as a teenager in the 1950's - no "real" camera until
mid 1960's first one that was mine all mine was a Ricoh.. in
the mid 70's I got two KX's
ann
Jack Davis wrote:
Kodak "Baby" Brownie. Bought new in the early 40's by my parents. Probably cost
all of $3.00.
Took it to schoo
My first camera was purchased, on a whim, at a household auction and
paid for with paper route money. I must have been 11 or so.
It was a Kodak 828 Bantam exactly like this one:
http://www.shuttersniped.com/2011/03/14/vintage-kodak-bantam-folding-camera-nice-828-1938-exc/
This would have been aroun
A Kodak Instamatic 100, when I was 11 or 12, for $13 (new). That was a whole
summer's lawn mowing income.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Tue, 4/12/11, Bill Owens wrote:
> From: Bill Owens
> Subject: What was your first camera?
> To: "pdml"
> Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 9:32
Lovely photo.
The first pictures I remember making was of my light Labrador Peggy
and my sister Cathrine in the garden.
They should be somewhere in my house.
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2011/4/12 Paul Stenquist :
>
> My first camera was a small square box camera that took 61
My first camera was a small square box camera that took 610 film. It had three
f stops and a fixed focus and shutter speed. I don't remember the brand, but I
know that I bought it for $2 at Erler's Camera Store on 83rd Street and Stony
Island Ave. in Chicago in 1958. I was ten years old. In Apr
: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Collin
Brendemuehl
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 3:37 PM
To: pdml
Subject: Re: What was your first camera?
I'm going to skip the box cameras from my childhood.
They were given to me and my parents were quite generous with the
The first camera that my parents bought 'for me' was a Werlisa. Infinity focus
and three positions: sunny, cloudy, flash.
(I founs some pictures here:
http://www.ojodigital.com/foro/fotografia-quimica/265873-articulo-camara-werlisa-led.html)
The first camera bought by me, back in 1997, was a C
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:32 -0400, "Bill Owens"
wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25
> bulbs
>
A Voigtland
My first was a folding camera, I think it was 645, but I can't recall
the brand.
My first 135 was a Arette 1a http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Arette
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2011/4/12 Jack Davis :
> Kodak "Baby" Brownie. Bought new in the early 40's by my parents. Probab
After a Brownie like yours, I bought a Polaroid. Then, in 1966, my
beloved Asahi Spotmatic.
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
> Bill
Kodak "Baby" Brownie. Bought new in the early 40's by my parents. Probably cost
all of $3.00.
Took it to school (against my parent's advice) and, sure enough, it got stolen.
Last I ever saw of it. Still feel the pain. :((
Jack
--- On Tue, 4/12/11, Bill Owens wrote:
> From: Bill Owens
> Subje
On Apr 12, 2011, at 8:32, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
I believe mine was a Canonet rangefinder - a Christmas gift in 1979. About a
half-year later, I found a wallet full of money (and no ID) during my morning
paper route and a
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
> Okay, what was the second one you owned?
>
> Bill
LOL, K1000
Dave
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:54 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
>> How come no one ever asks what was the second camera we owned.:-)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Boots Beirette BL, a re-branded East German camera
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Boots_Beirette_BL
I /might/ even still have it somewhere.
On 12 April 2011 14:54, David J Brooks wrote:
> How come no one ever asks what was the second camera we owned.:-)
>
> Dave
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at
Okay, what was the second one you owned?
Bill
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:54 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
> How come no one ever asks what was the second camera we owned.:-)
>
> Dave
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
>> Mine was a hand me down from Dad in or around 1965 or 1
How come no one ever asks what was the second camera we owned.:-)
Dave
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
> Mine was a hand me down from Dad in or around 1965 or 1966. it was a
> Kodak box camera, model does not come to mind.
>
> My first I own it camera was an SP500 bought n
Mine was a hand me down from Dad in or around 1965 or 1966. it was a
Kodak box camera, model does not come to mind.
My first I own it camera was an SP500 bought new in 1971.
Dave
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press
2011/4/12 Bill Owens :
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
The first camera I used was a compact camera which I can't remember
the name of. My first own camera was a Canon Ixus 430 years later.
When I was young I wanted an SLR camera but I never got one.
T
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:32 -0400, "Bill Owens"
wrote:
> In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
>
A Voigtlander rangefinder or viewfinder - but I can't recall the model.
That one was given to me. The first one I paid for was a second hand
Pentax S1a.
Cheers
B
On 12/04/2011 7:32 AM, Bill Owens wrote:
In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs
Fujica ML 35. It is within arms reach of me right now.
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I'm going to skip the box cameras from my childhood.
They were given to me and my parents were quite generous
with the cost of film and developing.
The first camera that was mine, that I bought for myself,
was c. 1978, a Canon G-III QL17. A wonderful camera.
Sincerely,
Collin Brendemuehl
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