My very first camera

I was given this camera in 1968 on my 10th Birthday. I was thrilled to bits by it because it was supposedly a 'spy' camera! its a Minolta 16. Pretty sure it no longer works but probably couldn't get the film for it anyway, will have to dispose of it one day.......

[karengail]

oh wow- i so remember the magicubes!

[Marco]

Cool! if the format is 110, those are still available. If not in regular dtores for sure you can get them online.

[Margaret Brown]

Great memories for me too, I also had one and it was so state of the art at the time, I was 17 when I got mine and loved it!

[Yao RL]

a spy camera is what I need for street photography. haha

[Liz Thorne]

Ooh don't throw it away! What a cute little thing!

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

Order some film from ebay and join in on the Film February Challenge. :)

[Tracy Meurs]

it is so cool that you still have this!

[Dianna Coile]

It pays to save some things! Hope you can get it working.

[Hazel]

I think you should definitely keep it - perhaps for another photo of it in the future!!!

[Leah]

Lovely memories of your first camera!!! Great shot and nicely captured!!!

[PhylM-S]

Oh! I was given a kodak instamatic - similar - and then was given a minolta shiny (it was the late 70's) industrial like, then I got a waterproof minolta for underwater shots, and then the mother of all - my canon ae1!!! Loved them all. Still have rolls of film in my fridge to be developed. (Sigh) Thank you for this wonderful prompt/trip down memory lane! And that you still have the magic cubes!!! Awesome!!!

[Joyce]

Wonderful that you still have this and a great still life Susie

[carol white]

A nice keepsake. My first camera is about, somewhere, a 'Brownie'127.

[Carolyn Jordan]

This is very cool!

[Gwenllian]

How lovely that you kept it. I had an instamatic. Exciting days!

[Joce]

Wow !!! good for you to have kept this. Sometimes i think of my first camera and think , why did i not keep that. Can't even remember the name of my first camera. Probably a Kodak in the days and yes with the cube flash !! Fav !!

[Shirley V]

Love it! I remember those cubes!