As far as I remember my first camera was given to me by my uncle. It was a small Instamatic. I think this may be a photo from it. It was in an album from my childhood. I may have been about 10. In those days of print film we did not take too many photos. I have some photos of my family still and this one of my pet rabbit.
At some point in my teens my parents bought my sister and I an Olympus OM 10, I think, which I think we shared for a while but then at some point I got my own. This camera lasted me for years. In fact, I still have it. At first we used print film, but later moved to 35mm slides. I never took too many photos as not like today you had to pay to get everything developed. And sometimes you were disappointed with the results.
Our first digital camera was a Fujifilm Finepix F810 which my husband and I shared for at least 6 years. It served us well for number of years. But one wet day ended up falling from my then very young son’s hands and breaking. It was a great little camera and I took a lot of pictures of the children with it when they were younger, as well as photographs of our trips.

In 2011, a search on the internet led me to a review of an Olympus Pen EPL1. I liked the look of it and the review was good, it was a good price so I bought it. A few years later I upgraded to a newer version (EPL8) after the lens failed. I have since added a 50-140mm lens. I rarely go anywhere without it.
I love the rabbit 🙂 a good journey of photographic discovery 🙂 🙂
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Thank you Brian
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A good camera is like a good friend, priceless!
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So true Eliza
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Oh your poor little boy – he must have felt SO bad when he dropped your camera. You recovered beautifully and clearly are a great reference for Olympus MM! Thanks for sharing your journey
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Thank you Tina
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This topic has made me think about all the photographs I have in boxes – many of which are pretty useless and whether I need to chuck a lot of them away. I can’t see my children being interested in old photos of a place I visited when I was 15 years old! Your journey is not dissimilar to mine. And photography is definitely easier nowadays – at least we can see what we are taking and whether it is any good!
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I hate to throw away old photos:)
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Well, a veritable marriage of warm personal memories and clever techniques. Nice to come on the journey with you.
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Thank you
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nice to get a flu
ode into your journey with your photos and cameras and lenses
😉
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Glad you enjoyed it
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😊📷☀️
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There was always a great sense of excitement when getting a film developed because you were never quite sure what you’d get – there was often disappointment as well as a few good photos!
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So true Andrea
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