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Your First Camera

MFS62 Dec 17 2015 10:55 AM

What was the first camera you owned? Mine was the Kodak Brownie. It used flash bulbs. If you want to see what one looked like, check out the last scene of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Shia LeBeuff uses it. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 17 2015 11:07 AM Re: Your First Camera

I got this maybe for high school graduation? Like all cutting-edge products of the time, it was in high-tech disc form:

themetfairy Dec 17 2015 11:08 AM Re: Your First Camera

I'm reasonably sure that it was a Kodak Instamatic, back in the '70s.

cooby Dec 17 2015 11:11 AM Re: Your First Camera

Mine was a Polaroid Swinger

RealityChuck Dec 17 2015 11:13 AM Re: Your First Camera

Definitely a Kodak Brownie:

dgwphotography Dec 17 2015 11:15 AM Re: Your First Camera

Oh boy this is going to be a fun thread... The first camera I ever had was a Kodak Instamatic that shot 110 film... My first SLR camera was my grandfather's Miranda Sensorex which was passed down to me while I was in high school: Then my girlfriend gave me a Minolta x-370 for my 20th birthday: That lasted until I felt the need to go auto-focus 12 years later - it became increasingly difficult to keep up with our then 2-year old (who is graduating college this year) So I bought a Nikon N90s and the onset of NAS (Nikon Acquisition Syndrome) began... I still take that camera out once in a while and run a roll or two through it. If it wasn't for the advent of digital, this would probably still be my main camera body. It's the best built camera I've ever owned. It's a tank.

d'Kong76 Dec 17 2015 11:18 AM Re: Your First Camera

I was an Instamatic guy the first go around... [fimg=475:29oknm37]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Kodak_Pocket_Instamatic_60.jpg[/fimg:29oknm37] Took about 200 pics going cross country in a bus trip to New Mexico with the West Point Boy Scouts in '76 with that bad boy.

Ceetar Dec 18 2015 07:12 AM Re: Your First Camera

I don't remember what it was. I was probably 5-6, my parents both had real cameras and my father worked for a ..camera..place? something something printing. I know we got all our film developed free and that his job was basically made defunct by basic computing. Some cheapish point and shoot from the late 80s I'm sure.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 18 2015 07:28 AM Re: Your First Camera

I don't remember either. I was three years old, so it would have been around 1966. I assume it was a hand-me-down, and most likely a Kodak. It took square photos, probably the size 126, if I remember right.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 18 2015 01:49 PM Re: Your First Camera

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't remember either. I was three years old, so it would have been around 1966. I assume it was a hand-me-down, and most likely a Kodak. It took square photos, probably the size 126, if I remember right. I find this amazing because the way I saw it, in the '60s (and probably most of the 70s) kids didn't have real cameras, especially three year olds. Back then, parents owned cameras. Cameras were for adults. Any kid that wanted to shoot photos hadda ask the parent(s) for permission to borrow the camera. Or sneak out of the house with the family camera without mom or dad knowing. Unless you were a serious hobbyist. But at three?

d'Kong76 Dec 18 2015 01:58 PM Re: Your First Camera

Yeah, I didn't post the earlier cameras of my memory because they weren't mine. I might have gotten to mess with them from time to time but my first camera ^^^ was when I was 13-14.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 18 2015 02:59 PM Re: Your First Camera

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't remember either. I was three years old, so it would have been around 1966. I assume it was a hand-me-down, and most likely a Kodak. It took square photos, probably the size 126, if I remember right. I find this amazing because the way I saw it, in the '60s (and probably most of the 70s) kids didn't have real cameras, especially three year olds. Back then, parents owned cameras. Cameras were for adults. Any kid that wanted to shoot photos hadda ask the parent(s) for permission to borrow the camera. Or sneak out of the house with the family camera without mom or dad knowing. Unless you were a serious hobbyist. But at three? Like I said, it was probably a hand-me-down. Instead of throwing it out, my parents gave it to their son. It would be a different deal if they went out and bought me an expensive camera, but that's not at all what happened. It really doesn't seem all that amazing at all.

Rockin' Doc Dec 18 2015 10:12 PM Re: Your First Camera

[fimg=400:b2yski9z]http://images51.fotki.com/v423/photos/2/1268032/9317883/KodakPocketInstamatic20Camera2-vi.jpg[/fimg:b2yski9z] I received a Kodak Pocket camera as Christmas present when I was 13 or 14 years old.