What was your first camera?

[Daffodil Hunter]

Canon FTb,
My dad's. Not sure he officially gave it me but I started using it in the late 70's. I used it until the 90's. One body, one lens.

 

[Yno]

Not counting box cameras, disposables, numerous cartridge cameras, and other junk, my first real camera was an Argus of some sort that my father used. I don't think it was the C3, because it was a bit more rounded. Anyway, the first 'real' camera I bought was a Minolta SRT-101 in 1972. I went through a series of Minolta film cameras including the XD-11, and finally switched to digital. I had a few point and shoot digitals, and then bought a Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D. In the late oughts, I bought a Canon 40D, moved to a 7D, a 5D Mark III, and am now on a Canon R6 Mark II. At my age, this may be the end of the list!

 

[nevermore]

Canon AE-1

 

[Bill in Texas]

Polaroid Swinger

 

[West Coast Birder]

First "real" camera? Minolta Maxxum 7000.

 

[05xrunner]

Canon EOS 620 that I used with my dad that got me into photography when i was young.

 

[Daffodil Hunter]

Canon EOS 620 that I used with my dad that got me into photography when i was young.

I think that makes you still young

 

[05xrunner]

I think that makes you still young

I am going to be 45 next month. dont feel that young anymore

 

[Daffodil Hunter]

First "real" camera? Minolta Maxxum 7000.

You do realize the technical innovation in the AF that system had?? And the Minolta/Honeywell lawsuit and the birth of Sony Photography that is today.

 

[West Coast Birder]

You do realize the technical innovation in the AF that system had?? And the Minolta/Honeywell lawsuit and the birth of Sony Photography that is today.

Yep, sure do!

 

[griffljg]

A Kodak 127 'Brownie' which my grandmother gave me for my sixth birthday:

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[Joeseph]

A Kodak 127 'Brownie' which my grandmother gave me for my sixth birthday:

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I had one of those as my first camera also - thanks for posting a picture of it!

 

[StephenM]

A simple plastic camera that took 828 film, which was basically 35mm film without sprocket holes and with backing paper. My mother bought it for me in Woolworths around 1957.

 

[Nature's Spectrum]

First ever was a Kodak Instamatic? (I think). The first "real" one was the original Canon Rebel. I used my parents AE 1 a fair bit in between.

 

[Britania757]

Canon FTb,
My dad's. Not sure he officially gave it me but I started using it in the late 70's. I used it until the 90's. One body, one lens.

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I still have two FTb’s. A black one and a silver one. One of my favorite cameras.

 

[Britania757]

My first camera was a Canon Rebel S that I bought with my first job out of high school. I still have it, but it has since died.

 

[gjl711]

The first camera I bought all by myself was a Kodak 104 Instamatic. I was maybe 10~12 at the time and had it well into my teens. I still have it in my camera drawer and it still works, or at least I think it does, the film advance works and the shutter still works so i figure if I put a cartridge in it, I would get pictures.
_MG_2702 by photog711, on Flickr

 

[catalyst412]

First Camera, Sony Cyber Shot DSC-S50 2.1 mp

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[SethB]

A Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash. It was a real camera for real snapshots! Shooting 127 B&W film.

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That was followed later by an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic 35mm, mostly slides. I had a 50mm 1.4 with it, and later splurged on a Vivitar Series 1 105mm f2.5 macro, which was an awesome lens in its day!

 

[Trespassers W]

Zenit-B in 1988.