Lessee--I inherited a Zeiss Ikon, probably mid '50s era, from my grandfather. Impossible to find film for it by the mid '80s so I ended up selling it to a local camera store for like fifty bucks. The leather bellows was in incredibly good shape, it was a nice item but not terribly practical.
Looked pretty much like this:
I made a shoebox camera in elementary school, that was fun!
Then I had a Kodak Instamatic, pretty much the middle one in this stack, that took me through high school.
Then in college I got a real honest to gosh 35mm, a Fujica that I don't remember the exact model but it looked pretty much like this one. It had the viewfinder mirror assembly go tits up and would have cost more than the thing was worth to fix it, assuming the parts could be found.
In the late '90s I early adopted digital with a Casio QV-10, which was a gigantic 320 x 480 pixel resolution and cost almost $400. It was the shit, though, and I sure impressed people with my nifty toy.
Next I need to get a digital SLR because I have a really hard time framing a shot with them itty bitty screens any more. I need me a viewfinder. I've been using various camera phones and waterproof digitals since then but they're really hard to get the lighting right and make sure I'm getting the shot.