At that time, too, I was working with a youthful Don Morley, who often accompanied me on road-test photo shoots and who later went on to much greater things in the world of news and sports photography. But it was Neville Maude who guided me to my first camera. My first camera…Kodak Brownie 44a ( https://www.brownie-camera.com/9.shtml) given to me one Christmas, early 1960’s… I couldn’t wait to return to the office and load that first film. And that was the start of my photographic career. Professionally, I worked with both Nikon and Canon later, by deep in my heart the small and beautiful OM lenses and cameras were what I liked most. Today, I would consider them design icons; the old Olympus OM system and the Leica M system have more in common that many may assume – I wrote about it here: https://www.macfilos.com/2021/11/19/om-system-old-memories-optical-masterpieces-and-obscure-mistakes/.

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All this is by way of suggesting further development of this article such as which camera has been in your family the longest and do you still use it today? Also, what is the oldest camera or lens that you have used to obtain pictures? Another strand could be, do you have a camera which was owned or used by a famous person other than a family member? Or better still has your camera been used to photograph a famous person? I think our age is showing here; it may be that in a few years. ‘first camera’ will be digital for most readers! In college, I was in a program to go from high school to a PhD in six years (The Ford Foundation felt not enough PhD’s were being produced and jobs were going begging. By the time I graduated, the situation had reversed 🙂 So (..a sample of..) Dunk’s camera would have been baked in Boots’ test oven for over an hour, frozen in Boots’ freezer, and had its strap – if it came with the plastic case and a strap – minutely examined with an electron microscope(!) – incredible, huh? – to make sure that it wouldn’t snap or fail! ..No wonder that it’s “..occasionally still used..” as that Beirette will probably still be going well for another 50 years!For those who are looking for a little more of a project, it’s worth looking at the Lomography Konstruktor F - a fun build-it-yourself kit that gives you all the parts you need to assemble a fully functional 35mm SLR film camera in a matter of hours. As as early as 1973 I replaced it with my first Nikon, a Nikkormat FTn. It was 1980 before I finally got my first “real” Nikon, an F2 Photomic. I still have two F2 bodies.

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I even drove from Peterborough to Manchester to take a shot of him holding his Beirette for a feature about cheap but very capable cameras for ‘Practical Photography’.)We test camera resolution, dynamic range, and noise under scientifically controlled conditions using two key testing tools: Imatest Master and DxO Analyzer. All DSLRs and mirrorless cameras are subjected to these tests and, in some instances, high-end compact cameras. Its proportions make it perfect for smaller hands while the menus are nice and clear. The picture quality is very good too, with accurate white balance and well-saturated colors. It's not the cheapest Canon DSLR but it's our favorite for size, features, and long-term usefulness and the best camera for kids starting in college. I offered him a little compact Cosina CX-1 – which had auto-exposure, and would have saved him carrying around the light-meter – but he preferred his completely manual Beirette, which didn’t need any batteries. A bit later, having grown out of the 44a, and while still at school, I started to use my fathers’ Agfa Isolette 120 film folder (with the Bakelite top – not metal), which had his name written inside the leather case, and a date 1940. I am not sure how he came by the camera in the war years, which were spent in London, some time suffering TB, and having a major part of this right lung removed, and working as a junior doctor (he later was a chest physician!). I still have the Agfa Folder, and serviced the shutter recently. Dynamic range (DxO Analyzer):This is a measure of a camera’s ability to capture detail in the highlights and shadows. We use DxO’s transmissive chart, which enables us to test a dynamic range of 13.3 stops.