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tommiejeep

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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2016, 15:41:07 »
A Brownie of course  ;) .  I thought it was 1951 but could have been 1952 ( heck, that was a long time ago  :) )  small black Bakelite .  Not the Hawkeye but similar to the Bullet.

It was still at my mother's house when I returned from Vietnam in 1972 but probably was sold during her move to Houston in 1989.  By 1972 I had been carrying a Nikkormat in Vietnam for four years so no interest in the Brownie.

 My brother still has my first photo of our sister ( not level of course) but when I went to visit him in Mexico he seems to have lost it , likely story  :( .
Sorry , no photo  :(
Tom
Found it!   The Baby Brownie  ;D
http://schneidan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120429-baby-brownie-special-open.jpg
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2016, 16:50:16 »
My first camera was a Nikkormat FTN (the first I owned, the first I used was a Nikon F)
Its still in my possession
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2016, 18:56:14 »
What I used first was my dad's Minolta with a 50ish lens, looking at images on the web it most have been an SRT7, which includes a light meter

My first purchased camera was a Pentax "super program" with a 50mm f1.7, I used it since 1984 until 1999
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2016, 19:04:04 »
Quote from: armando_m on January 08, 2016, 18:56:14
What I used first was my dad's Minolta with a 50ish lens, looking at images on the web it most have been an SRT7, which includes a light meter

Probably the SRT101 which was very popular. The Rokkor 58mm f/1.4 was excellent (all versions).
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Francis Devrainne

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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2016, 19:15:02 »
Or a SR-7 that had a coupled built-in meter even if it wasn't TTL.
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2016, 19:21:20 »
Bilora "Bellina", 4x4 cm film, a tiny retractable lens (probably tessar), all standard controls (speed, aperture...) and even the possibility to fire a magnesium flashbulb. That was in 1964.
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2016, 19:34:18 »
Praktina. 58mm f/2 Auto-Biotar.

Actually, shot a few with a Welta Weltini until it broke.
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2016, 20:12:12 »
The original, Hong Hong-made Diana camera, c. 1965.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(camera)
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2016, 20:32:52 »
No photo of the first camera (the Contax), but at least there is one of the early wives with the Nikon F. At that time I had "upgraded" to F2 so she got the original F plus a new 43-86 Zoom-Nikkor I purchased for her. She loved it.
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #24 on: January 08, 2016, 20:36:16 »
nice tape engine as well ;-)
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #25 on: January 08, 2016, 20:42:55 »
Revox tape recorder, Linn Sondek LP12 turntable, and the original Quad speakers. Later added Quad Valve amps. Those were the days.

Later, the items start to disappear by theft (Revox), being replaced, or damaged by lighting (Quad speakers + the valve amps). Eventually wife died as well. However, the Nikon F still remains.
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #26 on: January 08, 2016, 20:44:56 »
Quote from: MILLIREHM on January 08, 2016, 20:36:16
nice tape engine as well ;-)

Yes, that's more envious than the camera maybe...
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #27 on: January 08, 2016, 20:49:37 »
Quote from: tommiejeep on January 08, 2016, 15:41:07
A Brownie of course  ;) .  I thought it was 1951 but could have been 1952 ( heck, that was a long time ago  :) )  sm

Found it!   The Baby Brownie  ;D
http://schneidan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120429-baby-brownie-special-open.jpg


looks exactly like the Agfa Box!!!

I had to peel the leather from her, then separate. These two parts.

Brings back memories!!!
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #28 on: January 08, 2016, 20:52:00 »
"Brings back memories!!!"

The entire thread is about going down Memory Lane ....
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Re: What was your first camera ?
« Reply #29 on: January 08, 2016, 20:52:17 »
Quote from: Bjørn Rørslett on January 08, 2016, 20:32:52
No photo of the first camera (the Contax), but at least there is one of the early wives with the Nikon F. At that time I had "upgraded" to F2 so she got the original F plus a new 43-86 Zoom-Nikkor I purchased for her. She loved it.

The girl looks lovely!!!

Harddrives and wifes are no good match to Bjørn Rørslett. Cameras and lenses seem to stick to him!!!!
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