retina
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Post by retina on Jan 10, 2012 16:36:45 GMT -5
G'day All,
Well, my first 35mm was a Yashica Minister D, sometime in 1974. I gave it to friend when I got a Zenit E, perhaps in 1975.
The Zenit was stolen when I left it unattended at a party a couple of months later, and then I bought a Spotmatic F.
I have a nice Yashica Minister D again for my collection, and that works well after I CLA'd the shutter, and I have owned half a dozen Zenits since, some of which I still have.
Regards, Chris
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Post by Steeler Fan on Jan 11, 2012 7:46:36 GMT -5
What was your first 35mm camera? Pentax K1000
What was the reason for your choice? I bought it to have a second body for a trip to Ireland. I had access to a programmable Sears branded camera with the K mount.
What year did you get it? 1984
Do you still have it? Yes.
Does it still work? Yes it does.
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Post by pompiere on Jan 11, 2012 22:34:41 GMT -5
What was your first 35mm camera? Voigtlander Vito II
What was the reason for your choice? My dad had it tucked away and dug it out when he learned of my interest in photography.
What year did you get it? 1976?
Do you still have it? No, I gave it back when I got a Minolta SRT200 for high school graduation.
Does it still work? No, it was destroyed when Dad's basement flooded.
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melek
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Post by melek on Jan 12, 2012 6:49:20 GMT -5
What was your first 35mm camera? Cosmorex SE (a rebadged Zenit)
What was the reason for your choice? I guess I was 13 or 14, and I really wanted an SLR. My mom had given me her Spartus 127 folding camera and later a Kodak Instamatic. But I wanted a "real" camera. I saved all of my Christmas tips from my paper route and bought it in early January.
What year did you get it? 1973 or 1974
Do you still have it? No. I shot many, many photos with it. After I went into the service, a buddy of mine was into the smaller SLRs. He had an Olympus OM-1. I ended buying a Pentax MX. I was curious about the inner workings of the Cosmorex, so I took it apart. I wasn't able to get it back together, so I ended up tossing it into the trash.
Does it still work? No. I bought another a few years ago and had forgotten how basic this camera was.
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Post by julio1fer on Jan 13, 2012 19:31:50 GMT -5
What was your first 35mm camera? Zenit 3M
What was the reason for your choice? Bought it second hand, needed an SLR to document a trip.
What year did you get it? 1967
Do you still have it? No - I sold it to a photography student about 12 years ago.
Does it still work? Most likely, it was built like a T-34!
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Robert
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Post by Robert on Feb 22, 2012 5:20:57 GMT -5
What was your first 35mm camera? Minolta X-300 with a Minolta MD 35-70mm. f/3.5-4.5.
What was the reason for your choice? Bought it from a friend as I wanted to learn 'serious' SLR photography.
What year did you get it? Around 1990 I guess.
Do you still have it? No. I passed the camera and lens on to somebody else for free.
Does it still work? I really hope so!
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galenk
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Post by galenk on Mar 1, 2012 22:05:43 GMT -5
Minolta XGA
I wanted a real camera
1980
yes
the meter died about 10 years ago
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jayd
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Post by jayd on Mar 4, 2012 8:35:22 GMT -5
My first real camera was 35mm ANSCO ( Agfa) Memar given to me by my father about 1977 good lens, terrible no lines viewfinder. Then up[graded to a used Olympus Trip 35 these were used for college year book at a very small school that had no cameras. When I got a little money for a SLR I bought a Minolta SRT SCII (KMart branded SRT 200) that was on clearance due to a problem with the switch. When I started making slides for Multimedia shows in 1983 I bought a used but excellent condition Topcon RE Super because with the meter in the bottom, waist level finder and prism, changeable screens and all it was a great one camera for all kinds of work especially copy work: better than the Nikon F I though and what I had wanted from the first time I had seen one. while I traded my 2nd RE super off I still have the one that did the most work and with only 2 routine CLAs one when I bought in 1983 and a recentl check up it still works like new. lately I have went to simple RF cameras with the Retina IIIS being my current favorite. Now to use the 200mm on the IIIS ! anyone have a full view, shoe mount viewer for 200mm ? maybe a turret type ? I do hate the tiny 135mm frame lines can't imagine what 200mm would be like !
Jay
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Post by keith201 on Mar 20, 2012 22:37:49 GMT -5
y first 35mm camera was a Voigtlander Vito II I was doing a lot of climbing and tramping and traded my Bessa II 120 rollfilm camera for the 35mm to save space and weight
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Post by 33dollars on Mar 21, 2012 8:30:11 GMT -5
What was your first 35mm camera? Ricoh KR-5
What was the reason for your choice? Mid teens working & wanted a camera to do photography.
What year did you get it? Late 1980
Do you still have it? No, sold it to my brother. If he still has it I would like to buy it back. I bought a replacement one last year.
Does it still work? Most probably, they were well made.
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daveh
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Post by daveh on Mar 26, 2012 13:09:44 GMT -5
Casey, I expect you have looked at the manual on Butkus.org and that doesn't show what you need. It, Kalimar c-64, is not really a a camera I know: presumably it didn't sell in Britain under that name.
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Post by Randy on Mar 27, 2012 12:19:12 GMT -5
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Post by Randy on Mar 27, 2012 12:19:57 GMT -5
2... hope this helps.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Mar 27, 2012 23:17:11 GMT -5
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Mark Vaughan
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I STILL have a pile of Nikons. Considering starting a collection of Ricoh SLRs and RFs.
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Post by Mark Vaughan on Apr 9, 2012 11:43:52 GMT -5
Hello, * First 35mm: Nikon L35AF - this was Nikon's first-ever point/shoot. * Received: 1984 - Christmas Present * Still have "one" - but not "it" - a childhood friend, who envied mine bought one, then gave it to me 25 years later for my collection. Mine was traded for an N2000 a year later. * Working fine - had my 8 year old shoot a role of Kodak 400 print through it last week.
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