Still have your first SLR?

nononadanope

Senior Member
Who here still has their first SLR Film camera? Or remember what their first SLR camera was? I have mine; a N60. Had purchased it from Ritz Camera. Came with a lens kit. I'd love to get into film photography again but learn how to process my own photos someday.
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
Who here still has their first SLR Film camera? Or remember what their first SLR camera was? I have mine; a N60. Had purchased it from Ritz Camera. Came with a lens kit. I'd love to get into film photography again but learn how to process my own photos someday.

My first SLR was a Miranda, that I picked up at a garage sale for $25. Alas, I no longer have it. I traded it for a Kodak DC3200, which was my very first digital camera.

My second SLR was a Nikon F2, which I still have. Though I'll probably never use it again, it would be very difficult to convince me to part with it.

My third SLR is a Yashica, which I also still have. I bought it as a cheap backup camera, for a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

My fourth SLR is my Nikon D3200.

I have a collection of lesser cameras, but the four described above are the only SLRs I've owned. No, not quite. I ran one pack of film through it.

Here's the D3200 and the F2 together. Built forty years apart. I was only fairly recently able to find a site that, from the serial number, was able to let me know that my F2 was built in late 1972. I bought my D3200 as a refurb in late 2013, so it was probably built in 2012 or earlier 2013; far enough back for someone else to have bought it, returned it, had it go back to Nikon to be refurbished, and then back out to the dealer who sold it to me.

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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Zenith E around 1970,cant remember what i traded it for but my wife had a Pentax spotmatic so i have a feeling i exchanged it for a Gnome enlarger.
 

aroy

Senior Member
Zenith E around 1970,cant remember what i traded it for but my wife had a Pentax spotmatic so i have a feeling i exchanged it for a Gnome enlarger.

Even I had a Zenit E, bought it in 1984, still with me, but dysfunctional due to torn shutter cloth. Got the Zenit 12S Photosniper for $150/, sold it 3 months ago for same amount. Now have the D3300. My son bought N70, then D70 and now D300.
 

crycocyon

Senior Member
Yep, I still have my Minolta X-700 with all the MD lenses packed away. I still love that camera and it has accompanied me through so many life adventures. Even when the lenses developed fungus (wish I could get that removed but that is a lot of $$$ to have done), I still could not part with them or my camera. It is a part of my life. That's the thing about film cameras, you can keep them forever and they will still perform as they did when you got them (in terms of giving you the same quality with film).
 

grandpaw

Senior Member
This is the first camera I ever bought. It was purchased in 1971 and is a Nikon F with the FTN meter on it. It looks and works as well as the day I bought it.


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carguy

Senior Member
I still have mine. Bought it new with paper route money (cliche, but true). Dad had a new XG 7 at the time.
I still plan to have it professionally cleaned later this year.

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I also have my FIRST camera. STill has the DYMO labels on the bottom with my name and phone number :)

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nononadanope

Senior Member
I am really liking the cameras from the 70's-80's. It's funny that while most of you were purchasing these cameras; that I wasn't born yet or was still a child. I think it would be cool (hate using that word) in a way, to have a modern D-SLR but in a body that looks like the ones shown in this thread.
@carguy - Is that last camera in your post (your first one); have real wood or some sort of faux wood?
 

carguy

Senior Member
I am really liking the cameras from the 70's-80's. It's funny that while most of you were purchasing these cameras; that I wasn't born yet or was still a child. I think it would be cool (hate using that word) in a way, to have a modern D-SLR but in a body that looks like the ones shown in this thread.
@carguy - Is that last camera in your post (your first one); have real wood or some sort of faux wood?
LoL I'm not THAT old to have a wooden camera :)

It is plastic with wood grain vinyl/contact paper on it. :)
 

nononadanope

Senior Member
LoL I'm not THAT old to have a wooden camera :)

It is plastic with wood grain vinyl/contact paper on it. :)

HaHa. Wasn't implying that you were. It would of been neat if the wood was real though; give it more appeal.

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I'm going to need to research some of the cameras and brands mentioned in this thread as I haven't heard of them before.
 
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