I started with my Dad's foldout 120 film type camera, and I don't even know what brand it was. My first real camera was a Pentax, and I have nothing bad to say about it, it served me very well.
In college I bought a Nikon F2. A very rugged, durable camera.
I later bought a Nikon F4. What a professional camera that was!
When digital came out I bought the Nikon CoolPix 995. Hated that camera with a passion. I couldn't wait till someone came out with a digital camera that was an SLR. Point and Shoot cameras drove me crazy.
I then bought the Nikon D70 when it came out and I was in heaven. I got all of the advantages in it being an SLR and it having interchangeable lenses and I was able to record directly to digital. And I could take a picture the instant that I powered it up. Woooooooohooooooooooo !!!!
I just bought the Nikon D300 and have so far been very impressed. It is not nearly as radical a difference as between the CoolPix 995 and the D70, but it has a lot of meaningful improvements over the D70.
Oh, and I have a Canon Rebel, but I hardly ever use it.
Thanks,
PTL,
Lee
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