Your First SLR

I think I was 14 or 15 when I got my first good camera. It was a Canon AL-1 with a 50mm prime shortly after hitting the market. Then I added a 70-210mm when I had the money and a flash unit after that. Everything is still sitting here in good working condition.

Jon.

Better late then never I guess. XTi @ 37

Pentax something or other, manual everything at age 25. Bought it, two lenses, a couple of filters all from a friend for $50! It was a great camera that went to it's eternal rest a few years ago

Canon AV-1 / 50mm f/1.8 at 16 (many years ago!)

Canon T70 at 18, all those years ago.

Exakta RTL 1000 with a 50mm f/1.8 lens to start, and soon after a 200mm Tamron. I think I was about 15 when I got it.

It may still be buried in a box downstairs, but I still have the Gossen Scout Selenium meter I used with it in my 35mm film camera bag.

Richo KR10, Age 19.
Used Pentax K-mount.

Great camera then some idiot nicked it from my College Hols of residence in Liverpool.

Canon AE-1 Program @ about 11.

Canon Rebel XT @ 20.

Pentax Spotmatic II
50MM f/1.4, 135MM f/2.0, 70-300MM zoom
1971
Age: 25

My first SLR was a Canon Rebel 2000 in the mid 1990's. I'd been shooting with an Argus C3 rangefinder for about 25 years before that.

Praktica MTL 3 at 18. Graduated from that to an A-1, which I still have and occasionally use. 30D is the first digital SLR (or AF for that matter!)

300D w/ a nifty fifty, 28-200, kit, and a speedlite at age 14. (I'm still that age) My grandpa gave me that setup.

Canon FT/QL sometime around 18....

Um...14 w/ Minolta Maxxum 5. I had a 28-90 and 70-210. Never expanded for several years besides a 50 macro. Gotta start with film!

Canon AE-1, 1981. I recently gave it to my son (14) and his reply was., "No thanks, I have a camera phone"