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Morgoth924 · 08-07-2016, 09:47 AM

A hp photosmart 320, batterydoor won't stay close anymore, but otherwise it still works just fine.

Pentaxis · 08-08-2016, 05:21 PM

Originally posted by Silverkarn

What is the first camera that you ever consistently used?

Mine was a 110 camera my dad bought for me when i was 5 in 1988, my dad had a Pentax camera and was in to photography and wanted to get me into it too.

My dad still has 2 or 3 shoeboxes full of the photos i took, and thats AFTER throwing away the ones that were nonsense.

I think i stopped taking nonsense shots when my dad told me i would have to pay for the film if i kept it up.

Camera design was like this, but no where near Minolta quality and was sky-blue/white.

The first camera I used was a Kodak Brownie 127:

Kodak Brownie 127 - Camerapedia - Wikia

It was pretty tacky by modern standards.

**TER-OR** · 08-09-2016, 05:24 AM

First camera ever? Probably one of the fabulous 1970s Polaroids, though the first "real" camera was one of those little Kodak 110 cameras, the rectangular ones you could put in a pocket. Flash cubes, loads of flash cubes....

rlg118 · 08-29-2016, 07:44 PM

A Kodak Brownie. I inherited it from my sister. (My mother had an Autographic Brownie from when she was a little girl but wouldn't let me touch it.)

My first 35mm camera was an Argus C3 - the Brick!

KDD · 08-29-2016, 08:01 PM

Mine was K10d when K10d released April 2006!

Racer X 69 · 08-30-2016, 10:09 AM

My first camera came with a pair of shoes.

It looked similar to this.

Long gone, but somewhere I still have some of the photos I made. It used positive paper, a sepia colored material after exposure and development.

Fun times.

Racer X 69 · 08-30-2016, 10:12 AM

My first consumer level camera looked like this:

Somehow I have lost track of it. I suppose I set it aside when I got my first SLR, way back in 1979, and then forgot what shoebox it wound up in.

planteater · 09-04-2016, 06:23 AM

Zenit-E bought with paper round money. Upgraded to Pentax MV in the 80's and never looked back!

CP140 · 09-04-2016, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by planteater

Zenit-E bought with paper round money. Upgraded to Pentax MV in the 80's and never looked back!

I played with a couple 35mm range-finders borrowed from my father in the mid 70s... but the first camera I bought for myself after having saved up allowances and odd-job money was a Pentax MV c.1980... it lasted me until the early 1990s when I drifted away from photography... I sure wish I had been smart enough to keep the glass...

JJM · 09-05-2016, 02:24 PM

Mine was a Minolta Model A-2. - not the digital version, the 35mm film rangefinder with a fixed Rokkor lens.

vodoc · 09-05-2016, 09:10 PM

Olympus 35RC 35mm rangefinder camera, bought with saved-up allowance money in 9th grade. Stolen rather promptly by one of the denizens of my inner city junior high. I still have some of the photos I developed in my B&W darkroom!

Ratcheteer · 09-19-2016, 02:13 AM

i still have my first camera, a mamiya c330

m0n0 · 09-21-2016, 12:56 AM

A K1000, given to me in 1983 for making it through high school. I still have it. It's the reason I turned to a K5IIs when I got serious about photography again.

Wait. I just remembered getting a Kodak Instamatic when i was about ten.

---------- Post added 09-21-16 at 04:11 PM ----------

Originally posted by Paleo Pete

Some sort of Kodak Instamatic in the mid 70's, something along the lines of the 124 model I think, used flash cubes. Later onan off brand 110 instamatic that actually did a decent job, I even had a shot of a friend's band blown up to 8x10 for the two guitar players as Christmas presents. From a piece of film smaller than a postage stamp, that's pretty good.

Later on my brother loaned me a Yashica rangefinder camera, then I was given a K1000. That did it...I was officially a shutter bug...a KX, 3 or 4 ME and ME Super bodies, an A3000, a MX, and a Minolta SRT101 that still works perfect. Need tp pull it out, I think I have 3 or 4 shots left on a roll of film...

Mine was probably the 124 too. In black. Mid 70's as well ! The flash cubes were fun. And finite.

**TwoUptons** · 09-24-2016, 01:40 PM

My very first camera was a pinhole built from a kit that came in National Geographic World magazine. It strapped to a 126 cartridge with rubber bands, then the whole thing was strapped to a brick. Six second exposures in daylight with Tri-X...

Next was a Kodak Ektralite 10, 110 with a built-in flash...

After it was dropped one too many times, I took all of my meager savings and bought a K1000 kit (50mm and Toyo 70-210).

Weird, all my current Pentaxes are "1s"... H1, K1000, KX (Roman 10), K10, K01, K1...

-Eric

**gaweidert** · 09-24-2016, 02:14 PM

A Kodak Brownie Reflex that took 127 film. First "serious" camera was a Mamiya/Sekor 500 DTL.

08-29-2016, 08:01 PM	#125
KDD Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 403	Mine was K10d when K10d released April 2006! Last edited by KDD; 08-29-2016 at 08:07 PM.

09-05-2016, 09:10 PM	#131
vodoc Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: SoCal Photos: Gallery Posts: 64	Olympus 35RC 35mm rangefinder camera, bought with saved-up allowance money in 9th grade. Stolen rather promptly by one of the denizens of my inner city junior high. I still have some of the photos I developed in my B&W darkroom! Last edited by vodoc; 09-05-2016 at 09:18 PM.

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Pentaxis Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 195	Originally posted by Silverkarn What is the first camera that you ever consistently used? Mine was a 110 camera my dad bought for me when i was 5 in 1988, my dad had a Pentax camera and was in to photography and wanted to get me into it too. My dad still has 2 or 3 shoeboxes full of the photos i took, and thats AFTER throwing away the ones that were nonsense. I think i stopped taking nonsense shots when my dad told me i would have to pay for the film if i kept it up. Camera design was like this, but no where near Minolta quality and was sky-blue/white. The first camera I used was a Kodak Brownie 127: Kodak Brownie 127 - Camerapedia - Wikia It was pretty tacky by modern standards.

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TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	First camera ever? Probably one of the fabulous 1970s Polaroids, though the first "real" camera was one of those little Kodak 110 cameras, the rectangular ones you could put in a pocket. Flash cubes, loads of flash cubes....

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rlg118 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Central New York Photos: Gallery Posts: 95	A Kodak Brownie. I inherited it from my sister. (My mother had an Autographic Brownie from when she was a little girl but wouldn't let me touch it.) My first 35mm camera was an Argus C3 - the Brick!

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Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	My first camera came with a pair of shoes. It looked similar to this. Long gone, but somewhere I still have some of the photos I made. It used positive paper, a sepia colored material after exposure and development. Fun times.

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Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	My first consumer level camera looked like this: Somehow I have lost track of it. I suppose I set it aside when I got my first SLR, way back in 1979, and then forgot what shoebox it wound up in.

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planteater Forum Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Hastings UK Posts: 58	Zenit-E bought with paper round money. Upgraded to Pentax MV in the 80's and never looked back!

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CP140 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 190	Originally posted by planteater Zenit-E bought with paper round money. Upgraded to Pentax MV in the 80's and never looked back! I played with a couple 35mm range-finders borrowed from my father in the mid 70s... but the first camera I bought for myself after having saved up allowances and odd-job money was a Pentax MV c.1980... it lasted me until the early 1990s when I drifted away from photography... I sure wish I had been smart enough to keep the glass...

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JJM Guest	Mine was a Minolta Model A-2. - not the digital version, the 35mm film rangefinder with a fixed Rokkor lens.

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09-24-2016, 01:40 PM	#134
TwoUptons Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Photos: Albums Posts: 4,227	My very first camera was a pinhole built from a kit that came in National Geographic World magazine. It strapped to a 126 cartridge with rubber bands, then the whole thing was strapped to a brick. Six second exposures in daylight with Tri-X... Next was a Kodak Ektralite 10, 110 with a built-in flash... After it was dropped one too many times, I took all of my meager savings and bought a K1000 kit (50mm and Toyo 70-210). Weird, all my current Pentaxes are "1s"... H1, K1000, KX (Roman 10), K10, K01, K1... -Eric

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gaweidert Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,327	A Kodak Brownie Reflex that took 127 film. First "serious" camera was a Mamiya/Sekor 500 DTL.

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