My first camera was a folding Kodak 116 given to me by a cousin in about 1942. It was VERY difficult to get film in wartime & I only ever took about 2 rolls as the size was imposs to get.Another cousin took pity on me & gifted me a Zeiss Ikon folding camera 120 size about a year later –this took good pics & got me totally hooked. I bought film & had it processed at the Standard Photographic Studio next to Bambalapitiya police station. The owner was the elder (step ) bro of Hector & Victor Sumathipala who were both press photographers for Lake House. The owner had a Leica 2 which he lent to favoured customer like me at no charge. By then I had joined the Photographic Society Of Ceylon as J O Ebert (known as Sonny) twisted my dad’s arm—he was a VG photographer who exhibited regularly . He also leaned on my dad to buy me a good camera so got a Rollei Automat in about 1945. I left school at the end of 1949 & was the recognised official pic taker for SJC (st. Joseph's College). I started going on shooting trips in 1950. - Tony Peries