1 Kodak No 2 Hawkeye Folding Model B 120 MF camera (1926-1934) my mums camera on which I took my very first photograph when I was 10 years old.

2 Soho Pilot Folding 120 MF camera (Bakelite case) 1933

3 Purma Special 127 MF camera (Bakelite case) 1939-1951

4 Bilora Boy camera 127 MF camera (Bakelite case) 1950-1952

5 Coronet 3-D Stereoscopic 127 MF Camera (Bakelite case) 1953

6 Bilora Luxus-Boy 120 MF camera (Bakelite case) 1957

7 Ross Ensign Selfix 16-20 Folding 120 MF camera 1951

8 Canon Canonet (Type 1) Rangefinder 35mm camera 1961 (one of my dads)

9 Praktica PLC 3 35mm SLR camera 1979 and my own first proper camera.

(MF = Medium Format)

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