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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 7:21:26 GMT
My first digital mobile was an Orbitel 902. It took a full size SIM - that's one the size of a credit card.  |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 7:47:49 GMT
My first SLR camera was a Russian Zenit EM.  |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 7:58:16 GMT
Fountain pen - an Osmiroid which was a requirement in my primary school for italic writing.  |
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 6, 2019 8:19:58 GMT
I applaud both your forthought and unrivalled access to early digital imaging equipment for taking these photos for us all that time ago!
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 8:25:22 GMT
Heh, heh!
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Post by Slinger on Mar 6, 2019 14:31:56 GMT
I started out with the Zenith EM too. Dad was a serious hobby-photographer and he bought it for me from a guy he worked with. I ended up developing and printing my own B/W shots and had a huge collection of lenses and tubes and all manner of filters etc. - then I lost interest and sold everything for a pittance.
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Post by petea on Mar 6, 2019 14:46:07 GMT
I still have my first mobil too, a Nokia 8110. Mind, I'm only on my second one now - and it's nearly as old! I also still have my first SLR, a Nikon FE, bough secondhand in about 1982. I do somewhere have a fountain pen from the mid sixties, but I'm sure it wasn't my first. Like you, they were compulsory at school.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 14:53:13 GMT
The very first mobile I ever used, when I worked for NEC and they were No.1 in the phone market, was one of these...  |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 14:54:12 GMT
How about some other first items?
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Post by Slinger on Mar 6, 2019 15:16:18 GMT
Fountain Pen - Parker Calculator - I cannot remember the brand, but it was incredibly basic. It was blue, and it came in a nice little leatherette pouch. Possibly a Sinclair? My first "proper" calculator would have been the Hewlett Packard HP-35 Electric Guitar - Watkins Rapier  |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 15:30:58 GMT
This one (on the left) was my first scientific calculator, bought as a sixth former. I was well pleased with it!  |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 6, 2019 15:34:28 GMT
Fountain pen - an Osmiroid which was a requirement in my primary school for italic writing. The Parker 25 was one of my first pens from when I was about 7 years old - compulsory ink pens back then! A timeless design, I absolutely loved it.  |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 15:38:53 GMT
Mine had a filler for ink (Quink of course) and took cartridges. Those were the days when you *thought* before committing to paper!
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Post by Slinger on Mar 6, 2019 15:42:04 GMT
Mine had a filler for ink (Quink of course) and took cartridges. Those were the days when you *thought* before committing to paper! Those were also the days when you had to write really quickly when doing the crossword, in case the newspaper sucked all of the ink out of your pen.  Pencils are for pussies! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 16:45:08 GMT
My first car was a Peugeot 309 1.6 SE (looked a bit like the one below)... biggest pile of rubbish ever, spent more time in the garage than on the road!  |
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 6, 2019 17:12:15 GMT
My first ink pen is the one that I still use every day at work, believe it or not!
It's a Parker.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 17:35:50 GMT
My first car (with my girlfriend) was a white Mk.I Mini like this one (with the sad face), sliding windows, pull cords to open the doors, optional heater and a whopping 850cc engine… .jpg) |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 6, 2019 21:34:48 GMT
My first ever camera was a Kodak Ektra, something like this. They were hugely popular at the time, I thought it was very cool with the handle. It also worked with those disposable flash units ...  |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2019 22:05:07 GMT
Was that 110 film, Jules, or does it predate that?
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Post by Slinger on Mar 6, 2019 22:35:51 GMT
If we're talking first camera, rather than first SLR - I got one of these for a Christmas present when I was knee-high to a grasshopper: the Kodak Brownie Starmite 127. It took good photos too, considering the acrylic Dakon lens. And before anyone asks, yes, it was brand new, and yes, I really am that old.  |
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Pencils are for pussies!