nononadanope
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AWESOME!!
Looks like something I'll be saving up for. Thanks for the link.
Still have your first SLR?
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AWESOME!!
Looks like something I'll be saving up for. Thanks for the link.john*thomas
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Olympus OM-10 bought around 1980. Used up until around 1997. The shutter started sticking and I traded it off.
nononadanope
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Curious to know if anyone remembers the first camera they got/bought? I don't specifically mean an SLR camera. I asked for a camera when I was 8. I don't remember the brand (I did try searching for it through google images using various manufacturers) but I remember it was a point and shoot, green in color, had no zoom, and was about 5" L x 1.5" H x 2" W.
Cowleystjames
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I used to have a Pentax MX, I loved that camera and may have to buy another if I ever see a really nice example.
nononadanope
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Sorry to hear about your first SLR getting stolen while travelling overseas.
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I may be mistaken but it seems that Pentax cameras were quite popular back in the 70's - 80's.
"Or remember what their first SLR camera was" - applicable to me.
MTL3 Praktica MTL 3 - Camerapedia, purchased (if I remember it well) in 1979. After that one, came my first Nikon - FM! Followed by (second hand) legendary "F" (had seen Middle East wars, in the hands of a journalist) http://goo.gl/5SvrRG ...then came FE. None of them in my possession any more... But I kept a couple of AI/S lenses though...
MTL3 Praktica MTL 3 - Camerapedia, purchased (if I remember it well) in 1979. After that one, came my first Nikon - FM! Followed by (second hand) legendary "F" (had seen Middle East wars, in the hands of a journalist) http://goo.gl/5SvrRG ...then came FE. None of them in my possession any more... But I kept a couple of AI/S lenses though...
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nononadanope
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Was it some type of 110 film camera (aka pocket camera)? Those came out in the early to mid 70's. Here is a photo from online:
I got one when I was younger, a little different in looks but it was a Kodak 110. I actually still have it.
nononadanope
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It was something like that but I'm sure the one I got wasn't from the 70's or 80's because it was in it's original packaging. I got it in '94.
nononadanope
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Nice. Here is my 110 camera I had after my 126 Instamatic
Nice! What is the plastic thing?
PaulPosition
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Good question, I'm wondering too... I thought it was a disposable flash cube but on closer inspection it's not that at all...
Daniel Aegerter
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My first SLR was a Minolta X-700 I got when I was about 14. No idea how many rolls of film I went through. So many memories... I don't have that camera anymore but the Minolta 7000 is still around.
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I tried to remember when I shot this as well. I have two of them. I think it was a support for when you use the long flash bar on the camera. Not sure really.
nononadanope
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That's what I had thought when I first noticed it.
@carguy - Very well could be for that. I tried to Google what it may be by using several different search terms and even doing a search by cropping the photo to only show that piece but nothing; just gave me photographs of cars and car mounts lol. I found a pdf from Kodak, giving information on the history of their cameras. The original cost for your 110 was $28, back in 78-81 which means it would cost around $100 now, if you bought it new today.
I also noticed while doing Google searches that JC Penny use to make cameras as well. Doesn't really surprise me though since Sears, Roebuck, and Company use to make firearms.
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nononadanope
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Ahh memories; it's a great thing to have. (most of the time)
