Your FIRST 35mm Camera... - Page 34

flatulent1 · 10-09-2008, 09:01 PM

My first 35mm camera was a new Maxxum 7000. Autofocus was nice to have, for a recent glasses-wearer, but the kludgy interface drove me nuts. Sold it six months later to a camera shop for less than half what I paid for it, and good riddance. Went right out and bought the new T90, and I've been a fan ever since.

My first camera was a plastic 126 something-or-other that my father (an Argus C3 user) got for me to use with the 4th grade camera club.

Deke · 10-11-2008, 12:07 PM

My first was a Petri Color 35 for a lot of money. It`s still working fine but I prefer better lenses..

Reg

vdoak · 10-11-2008, 01:10 PM

Canon AT1, still my favorite 35mm.

oldfaithful58 · 10-11-2008, 01:35 PM

Ricoh KR10, which is still working :-)

Slixtiesix · 10-11-2008, 02:19 PM

A Praktica Super TL from the former GDR, equipped with a 50/2,8 Tessar lens.
My Dad gave it to me at my 13th birthday. It was a pretty neat thing with very smooth cloth-shutter and had the stylish "Zebra"-design of the 60s.

I still have it but haven´t used it for years.
Benjamin

monkeykoder · 10-11-2008, 03:42 PM

Nikon FM10 and Mamiya nc1000 my dad gave me when he went digital.

rusty71 · 10-11-2008, 04:10 PM

Olympus OM-1n, back in 1985. It was a college graduation present. I still have it and it still works fine. I still think it has the best viewfinder of any 35mm SLR. Take the hotshoe off and the pentaprism is almost like a Leica 50mm brightline finder!

Claire Senft · 10-12-2008, 07:36 AM

Good Lord, what the hell! You are interested in expoloring pre-history? My first 35mm camera, I forget the brand or the name but it used stoneplates. One good thing about it was that lifting the handles of its wheelbarrow with a full 36 exposure load was sufficient to provide a very healthy level of exercise. Man, oh man, even though the lens would flare quite a bit the negatives had that chiseled look that is so lacking in modern optics.

Changeling1 · 10-12-2008, 08:24 AM

Olympus OM-2 with a 1.4 Zuiko 50mm lens. Purchased new in 1977 followed swiftly with a Beseler 23C XL.

Bradd Cluckey · 11-05-2008, 06:59 PM

I found my mother's Minolta x-370 with a f 1.7 50mm lens in the basement. She took a photography class in college and dropped it. She said I could have it and I have had it for years, although it no longer works (it would have kept going, if not for an unfortunate accident). It looks nice on the bookshelf though.

Bradd Cluckey.