That reminds me that I had a hand me down brownie when I was 5. Like many 5 year old boys, I disassembled it to see how it worked and like most 5 year old boys I couldn't put it back together again. All the kings horses and men had no luck either. This will date me but I purchased my first 35 mil in highschool for working on the yearbook. It was and still is a Canon AE1. You can almost drive nails with that camera. To this day it works like it did from day one. Check out DP Review if you haven't already. Tons of info on that site. Their forums are awesome too.