What was your very own first camera?

[Spanik]

Agfa Clack, still have it with film in.

[Dave Jarosz]

Pentax MX with winder. Sweet little camera, wish I had it now........

[Steinberg2010]

Nikon FM with 50mm series e. Still have it but quite fancy an F3 so not sure whether to upgrade or not...

~S

[GWT]

My first proper camera was a Minolta x300. I think I paid around £150 - ish, with two lenses. I took it to New York back in 97 and got some great pics even though I had no idea what I was doing. (tourist shots)

I traded it a few months back for a Rollei 35S

[Willie Noel]

Pentax K1000 with 50mm F2

[pismo923]

Canon T-70 with 50/1.4 received as a gift in 1984. Sold it about 5 years ago. Got another one a year ago for my daughter to use. They are basically given away nowadays. I actually like the T-70, just wish then motor wind was quieter.

[zb3]

Nikon FM with 50mm. Stolen about 15 years ago.

[Paul Luscher]

Minolta X-370. Xmas present from my Dad, a former photographer. Set the whole thing in motion--and cost me thousands of dollars in the process. Addiction is a terrible thing....

[Eric T]

A Polaroid Swinger - took only B&W Polaroid instant film. Think of it as a precursor to the Leica M Monochrom.

[kanzlr]

When I joined the Army, I was, after a few months, moved to a photographic unit, where I learned photography with Nikon F100 and F5...my first PERSONAL camera was a cheap used Canon EOS 1000...wuhä.

[Manuphoto]

My first camera was a Polaroid I got when I was 5 years old, back in 1990. Helped to learn framing I still have it too!

[Aristophanes]

My mother gave me original Brownie.

[Range-rover]

My First camera was a Canon AT-1, but when I got my first Leica everything changed.

Range

[jayavant]

Back when I was a kid I had a bakelite camera that took 127 film. I have no idea what happened to it or what brand it was. I used to throw the negatives away. I was only interested in the prints.

In 1969 I got a Nikkormat FTn. I loved that camera, but sold it in the late 80s then missed it so much I went and bought another one almost identical - which I still have.

[bhop73]

I voted for 'another'. My first that was my own, was a Ricoh KR-10M. I still have it in the closet.

[andy_v]

Zenit 3m.
Yes, I still have it

[pvdhaar]

Zenit-E SLR in the second half of the seventies. Don't have it anymore.

[Ken_Watson]

Originally Posted by cliffpov

I was a proud Pentax owner. (ME Super purchased in 80)

Great to see Pentax is among the early leaders in this poll.

Me too. The first camera I bought was a second hand Pentax ME Super with a 50mm lens attached 25 to 30 years ago.
Back then I didn't now about zoom lenses and different focal lengths etc. and if I wanted a close up I walked forward and if I wanted a wide angle I walked backward
I've still got the camera and still use it occasionally and it has a roll of Ilford Delta 400 in it at the moment. These days it plays second fiddle to my M6.

[Paul Jenkin]

Edixaflex with a waist level finder. My birthday present from my parents in 1974 (I was 13). Wish I still had it.

[RichyD]

My Mum gave me her Box Brownie. Later she she bought us all (brothers) Brownie 127s. I'm grateful to her for introducing us to photography so early in life.

[leitzkameraaktion]

My good ol' Pentax K1000. Still have it as a matter of fact...

[Crazy Fedya]

In 2001 I bought Canon Rebel 2000 with kit lens for $500 or so. I like the camera, had to get Tamron zoom soon after, since that kit lens was real crap. Still have it.

[Retrotech68]

My first serious camera was a Pentax K1000... some 30 years ago. My father gave it to me for learning purposes. I also got three lenses with it. It is long gone, but one of the lenses is still with my dad!

[dmr]

The first camera of my very own was a birthday gift when I was very young, a Brownie Starflash.

No, I don't still have it. It most likely was given to one of the thrift shops.

[sisser]

Gevaert 6x9 box camera for my 10th birthday.