My first real camera!

Seriously it was - but I'm not that old really - it was a hand-me-down from my mother.  She was given it for her 21st birthday.  When I took more of an interest in photography than her, which wasn't hard given she had close to zero interest in using it, I adopted the camera.

The best thing about having a camera like this (and the mandatory hand held light meter) was that it taught me about the exposure triangle and of course, in turn, depth of field (my friend and enemy).