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Richard 810

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Hello to all,

My first camera was an impulse buy whilst wandering around my local Dixons. I was a Praktica Super TL3 which cost 50 quid! I took to it (and photography) straight away and very soon wanted to upgrade. I went down the Canon route right up to the A1 for a few years. I then had a massive gap, right up until the early 2000's, when I got hold of a Nikon F-801. I went digital in 2009 with a Nikon D60, then D300s, then after a few years a D7200 and then a D810. I recently bought a D700 for old times sake!
I still use the F801 after dusting it off and I still love film!

So there you go....

Cheers, Richard.
 
Clovishound

Clovishound

Senior Member
The first camera I bought was a Praktica. I got it used from a local camera store. That was followed quickly by a used Durst M601 englarger.

Interesting story I read about Praktica. After the wall came down between E and W Germany, the leadership of the company were meeting to decide what to do. Apparently they had been making cameras for many years at a cost greater than the selling price. After lots of discussion, a wise individual finally told them the first thing they needed to do was to stop making cameras.

My Praktica was a very basic design, somewhat clunky, but worked fine. It's biggest draw was that it used the universal screw mount, so there were lots of lenses available for it.
 
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