On 19/02/2016 12:29 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 19-2-2016 11:55, Stephen wrote:
>
>> Mine is long gone. I was still at school and found it in a junk shop or
>> a jumble sale. By the time I could afford a SLR, light meters were
>> incorporated into the camera. A Zenit-E If I remember.
>>
>
> The famous Soviet camera! Yes, I know them from reputation; never owned
> one of those. My first "real" cameras were first a Voigtländer Vitoret
> (was ruined by salt water) and then a Miranda.

Just FYI, *my* first camera said Fisher Price on it...

It also had an "interesting" arrangement where the "flash" was a clear 
plastic box with 6 strips of magnesium ribbon in it. Once you've taken 
six shots, you cannot use the flash again. Ever. And it wasn't exactly a 
"cheap" flash either.

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