This is the first 35mm camera I ever owned. I bought it in 1965 right out of high school with the baby sitting money left over after registering for my freshman classes at the University. This camera went through the most difficult time in my life with me. It went through college. I got married. I moved to Hawaii. I moved to California. We ended our marriage. I moved back to Colorado and then back home to Nebraska. It survived a trip tumbling down a mountain (which it survived very nicely) and a stay at a downtown Denver pawn shop so I could get rent money until payday nearly a month away. This camera holds many, many memories for me and I will never part with it for that reason. Oh, and it still works just fine!