OT: What was your first camera?

My first camera with adjustable exposure and focus was a 35mm Mercury which my Dad bought from some guy in the bar he used to drink in. This was a unique camera since it was half-frame. It was also unique in that it had a rather fast (for the early 1950's) 35mm f/2.5 lens and a 1/1,000 second shutter speed. A nice camera for its era But, boy did it hurt my allowance when I sent a 72 exposure role in for processing.
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I got my 1st camera when I was 14yrs old. Was a Voightlander Vito II, a small folding camera, 2nd. was a Vitessa L, has 2 levers on top, you pushed down on 1, cocked the lens & advanced the film, second was short and tripped the shutter. That was when you did the focusing, set apature & speed on the front of the lens body. That was also over 55 yrs ago. Still have both of them.
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Sam in Cinci

Used it for a couple of years and then had one or two similar cameras. My first 35mm was an Exakta (Interchangeable lenses and viewfinders!) Big deal to me at the time. I think I was in my last year of college, so it was probably 1968 or so. Gave the Exacta to my dad when I got an Olympus Pen F (half frame 35mm, little jewel-like lenses). My youngest nephew is using the Exacta for a high school photo class (if he plays his cards right, he'll probably get a 350XT for Christmas.
Ken

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J A K said:

I enjoyed using that camera - great pictures on a huge negative.

Later on, circa 1957 I stepped up to a Mamyia Sekor 35mm SLR with
one standard lens. Loved this camera also. BTW, this camera is
still used (gave it to my kid brother of "minus 25 years" and he
likes the pictures).

Regards,

Joe Kurkjian, Pbase Supporter

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With a high tech, all glass, meniscus lens, and a precision metal shutter with a single speed of 1/40 of a second.

I feel humbled in this sea of luxury first camera users.

Have a great Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it, and have a great day to all who don't : )

Tony

Hmm, have to remember . . .

but I know in 8th grade I started on the good ol' Pentax K-1000. Moved to a Pentax ME Super for a while, still a manual focus camer at that time.

Later, moved to Canon Elan II/e, Minolta Maxxum 5 & XTsi. bought the Canon 7N before all the digital ones came out. Wish I had waited a few months

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my first SLR was my dad's AE-1, but my first camera is some insignificant plastic p&s thing

My Dad took my childhood pictures with the AE-1, has been a canon fanboy ever since

I just wonder if a thread can make 150 without an arguement...
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