My first camera was a 127 film Kodak Brownie Starmite, which I was given about age 6. After that, a 126 format Kodak Instamatic 300.
First camera I bought that had user control of aperture and shutter was a Minolta 16p. A whopping $23 when I was 8 yo. 1967-1968, my mom let me use her Argus C3, then my grandfather gave me his 1949 Rolleiflex. After that, during school year 1968-1969, I bought a Nikon F Photomic FTn with my uncle's help, and later in 1969 a pair of Leicas (IIc and IIf with 5.0 and 3.5cm lenses) for $99. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
