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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 790703" data-attributes="member: 48483">My mother picked up a Kodak Bulls-Eye that shot medium-format 620 film from a rummage sale for me to use. I think I was in 4th grade at the time. My parents did not really put limits on me other than only sending the film to be processed in lab about 2-3 times a year.I took photography class for a semester in high school. I think that was Pentax K1000 they had for us to use.Had a string of point-n-shoot film cameras during the 1980's and 1990's. Then about 1996 I was at a sheriff auction, and there was a fairly complete kit with Minolta xd-11, Tokina zoom lens, Sunpak thyrister flash, and an auto-winder, all in a bag. I made several people mad at me bidding it up to $250, but they were only interested in the lens. I wanted the entire kit. I am going to call this the camera where I finally got more serious with photography. I still have it also. I added a 45mm prime lens in short order.[ATTACH]379824[/ATTACH]But my next camera was a digital Nikon Coolpix 995 and my work took another step forward. Then 6 years later a D80 also created a situation where I got a lot more prolific in taking photos. Either of those cameras could qualify also for this thread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 790703, member: 48483"] My mother picked up a Kodak Bulls-Eye that shot medium-format 620 film from a rummage sale for me to use. I think I was in 4th grade at the time. My parents did not really put limits on me other than only sending the film to be processed in lab about 2-3 times a year. I took photography class for a semester in high school. I think that was Pentax K1000 they had for us to use. Had a string of point-n-shoot film cameras during the 1980's and 1990's. Then about 1996 I was at a sheriff auction, and there was a fairly complete kit with Minolta xd-11, Tokina zoom lens, Sunpak thyrister flash, and an auto-winder, all in a bag. I made several people mad at me bidding it up to $250, but they were only interested in the lens. I wanted the entire kit. I am going to call this the camera where I finally got more serious with photography. I still have it also. I added a 45mm prime lens in short order. [ATTACH=CONFIG]379824._xfImport[/ATTACH] But my next camera was a digital Nikon Coolpix 995 and my work took another step forward. Then 6 years later a D80 also created a situation where I got a lot more prolific in taking photos. Either of those cameras could qualify also for this thread. [/QUOTE]

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