What was your first camera?
p.2 #1What was your first camera?
First film camera: Canon Snappy 20
First digital: Minolta Dimage V (most prolific battery-eating device I've ever owned)
First digital: Minolta Dimage V (most prolific battery-eating device I've ever owned)
Aug 31, 2026 at 07:04 AM
p.2 #2What was your first camera?
35mm Film: Nikon FE
120 Film: Plaubel Makina 670
Digital: Nikon Df
I long-ago sold the FE (to upgrade to an FE2), and really only shoot film on my Plaubel anymore, but I have no plans to upgrade the Df.
120 Film: Plaubel Makina 670
Digital: Nikon Df
I long-ago sold the FE (to upgrade to an FE2), and really only shoot film on my Plaubel anymore, but I have no plans to upgrade the Df.
Aug 31, 2026 at 07:09 AM
p.2 #3What was your first camera?
EB-1 wrote:
Man you really beat that one up.
Mine has a small crack in what looks like the Bakenlite casing.
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I think careless storage took more of a toll than anything.
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Man you really beat that one up.
Mine has a small crack in what looks like the Bakenlite casing.
EBH
I think careless storage took more of a toll than anything.
©¿©
LB
Aug 31, 2026 at 08:37 AM
p.2 #4What was your first camera?
My very first camera was a Prinz 110 Luxe. I finally tracked down the model after sifting through countless types, as my original has been long gone for over 35 years. However, I had this picture of me (on the left) holding it on Christmas when I got it in 1983 or 1984.
Looking at it's somewhat unique shape I tracked it down and found one in Norway and now I have it again:
My first 35mm camera was a Samsung Zoom 77i compact 35mm film body that I used from 1994 until I got my first digital camera (Kodak DC3400) in 2001.
My first SLR, and shortly after I really started getting into photography, was, like many, the original Canon Digital Rebel.
Looking at it's somewhat unique shape I tracked it down and found one in Norway and now I have it again:
My first 35mm camera was a Samsung Zoom 77i compact 35mm film body that I used from 1994 until I got my first digital camera (Kodak DC3400) in 2001.
My first SLR, and shortly after I really started getting into photography, was, like many, the original Canon Digital Rebel.
Aug 31, 2026 at 09:05 AM
p.2 #5What was your first camera?
bakelite brownie with roll film camera followed by pre war exakta 35mm at age 12
Aug 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
p.2 #6What was your first camera?
grantgoodes wrote:
35mm Film: Nikon FE
120 Film: Plaubel Makina 670
Digital: Nikon Df
I long-ago sold the FE (to upgrade to an FE2), and really only shoot film on my Plaubel anymore, but I have no plans to upgrade the Df.
There is a Gold Edition Df on eBay. Nikon should make a Gold Edition Zf as well
Nikon Df Gold
35mm Film: Nikon FE
120 Film: Plaubel Makina 670
Digital: Nikon Df
I long-ago sold the FE (to upgrade to an FE2), and really only shoot film on my Plaubel anymore, but I have no plans to upgrade the Df.
There is a Gold Edition Df on eBay. Nikon should make a Gold Edition Zf as well
Nikon Df Gold
Aug 31, 2026 at 12:07 PM
p.2 #7What was your first camera?
Casio Exilim - multiple iterations of it
That was so compact, stayed in my jeans pocket ;-)
That was so compact, stayed in my jeans pocket ;-)
Aug 31, 2026 at 01:15 PM
p.2 #10What was your first camera?
Jman13 wrote:
Looking at it's somewhat unique shape I tracked it down and found one in Norway and now I have it again:
Glad you were able to track it down and own. The joy on your faces in the picture is priceless. I wonder if you had fought over the size of the gift that you have in your hands vs I presume your sister's hands....
Looking at it's somewhat unique shape I tracked it down and found one in Norway and now I have it again:
Glad you were able to track it down and own. The joy on your faces in the picture is priceless. I wonder if you had fought over the size of the gift that you have in your hands vs I presume your sister's hands....
Aug 31, 2026 at 02:10 PM
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p.2 #11What was your first camera?
It was something similar to this. Saved for a LONG time to buy it, then forgot it on a bus and never saw it again. Lost interest in photography for another 20 years after that incident.
Sep 01, 2026 at 03:50 AM
p.2 #12What was your first camera?
guywithgas wrote:
Jman13 wrote
Looking at it's somewhat unique shape I tracked it down and found one in Norway and now I have it again:Well these weren’t our only gifts.
Sep 01, 2026 at 04:57 AM
p.2 #13What was your first camera?
My first serious camera was a Nikon F2A which I still have, loved that camera.
Sep 04, 2026 at 05:51 AM
p.2 #14What was your first camera?
Back in the 1960s. A few different Brownie cameras, and Kodak Instamatics. My Dad bought a mid-60s, Polaroid Land Camera, he let me use it sometimes for a few pics. My first 35mm was a post-war Voitlander Vito ll, it was my Grandfathers and in those days still worked. Shot a lot of TriX in it. And when I was 9, a neighbor taught me how to develop it, in her darkroom, and even cut/load my own rolls of film from bulk. I still have the Vito ll, but haven’t tried it out in a couple of decades or more.
If I could bring one of them back, it would be the Polaroid Land camera, and the film we had for them back then, I would do it in a second.
If I could bring one of them back, it would be the Polaroid Land camera, and the film we had for them back then, I would do it in a second.
Sep 04, 2026 at 06:16 AM
p.2 #15What was your first camera?
Pretty sure that it would have been one of these…
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p.2 #16What was your first camera?
My first 35mm camera was a Sears/Ricoh film model.. cannot remember the name-- 50mm prime lens. I had some polaroid and small point and shoots as a kid.
I bought a portable digital camera in about 1999 or 2000. Then first digital DSLR-- was the good ole Canon D30 in 2000. I think it was 3000 dollars. Then 2 years later the D60-- rest was history for me. The D30 was 3.1 megapixel and I think anything over iso200 was unusable. Don't ask about the digital record media used back then
I bought a portable digital camera in about 1999 or 2000. Then first digital DSLR-- was the good ole Canon D30 in 2000. I think it was 3000 dollars. Then 2 years later the D60-- rest was history for me. The D30 was 3.1 megapixel and I think anything over iso200 was unusable. Don't ask about the digital record media used back then
Sep 06, 2026 at 06:20 PM
p.2 #17What was your first camera?
I'm struggling to remember which point and shoot film camera I used in the early 1990s. I have a bunch of photos from them that I developed constantly at the one-hour photo stores.
But, my first "real" camera where I made a big investment (for me) was the Nikon D70. Because I could barely afford it, I treated it like a Mercedes. It felt like a status camera. I still have it and refuse to sell it because it's more than a camera after all these years. It's a milestone.
PixiPhotography wrote:
What was your first camera? Of course, this is before you became the photographer you are today. I'm talking about the genesis camera that sparked your interest. I'll start, mine was the Sony Cybershot T7. This thing was about as thin as the Motorola Razr and surprisingly took so quite decent close ups and IQ was decent. Boy they sure made some interesting gadgets from 2000s to 2010s.
But, my first "real" camera where I made a big investment (for me) was the Nikon D70. Because I could barely afford it, I treated it like a Mercedes. It felt like a status camera. I still have it and refuse to sell it because it's more than a camera after all these years. It's a milestone.
PixiPhotography wrote:
What was your first camera? Of course, this is before you became the photographer you are today. I'm talking about the genesis camera that sparked your interest. I'll start, mine was the Sony Cybershot T7. This thing was about as thin as the Motorola Razr and surprisingly took so quite decent close ups and IQ was decent. Boy they sure made some interesting gadgets from 2000s to 2010s.
Sep 07, 2026 at 09:57 AM
p.2 #18What was your first camera?
Surfnsun wrote:
Pretty sure that it would have been one of these…
haha awesome.. I guess that would be the first camera I've ever used, but the Cybershot is the first one that I owned.
Pretty sure that it would have been one of these…
haha awesome.. I guess that would be the first camera I've ever used, but the Cybershot is the first one that I owned.
Sep 07, 2026 at 01:25 PM
p.2 #19What was your first camera?
My first camera was a Canon Powershot G2. I bought it around 2002 via the Army exchange and it was delivered to me from Japan - which, at the time, I thought was pretty damn cool. That might have been the first package I ever received via international shipping.
I thought it was the coolest thing with an amazingly impressive 4MP
Attached a photo of the camera and a photo I took with it in 2002 - A friends and my Yamaha R1s.
Canon Powershot G2 (stolen from crutchfield product listing)
Pair Yamama R1's on a trip to Eureka Springs, AR.
I thought it was the coolest thing with an amazingly impressive 4MP
Attached a photo of the camera and a photo I took with it in 2002 - A friends and my Yamaha R1s.
Canon Powershot G2 (stolen from crutchfield product listing)
Pair Yamama R1's on a trip to Eureka Springs, AR.
Canon PowerShot G2 7.0-21.0 mm lens 7mm f/4.5 1/640s 50 ISO 0.0 EV
Sep 07, 2026 at 01:46 PM
p.2 #20What was your first camera?
Pentax ZX-M (I think called MZ-M in Europe). Was advised by a coworker who did wedding photography on the side to get a simple camera with a prime lens. Got the manual focus ZX-M with a 50/2 prime and I am glad I did. A friend got a ZX-5 with a 28-200 at the same time and he was never all that happy with the results and gave up on the hobby after a while.
Sep 07, 2026 at 11:51 PM