In 1972 (at age 11) my Uncle (a professional photographer) gave me my first camera. It was a simple snapshot camera, but it is what got me started. By my 8th grade in School I took my first photography class and received from another Uncle an Exakta VX 35mm SLR. I shot thousands of photos with the Exakta and in 1981 replaced it with a Canon A1 and shot a few thousand more pictures over the years. My first SLR digital was the Canon 10D. In the first year of owning the 10D I had already shot a few thousand pictures! I currently use the Canon 20D which has some nice extras over the 10D.

Why Canon? Well, all the Canon products I have had have worked well for me over the years. I have a Nikon, but it quit working after 3 years. I'm sure the same can be said for some that have owned Canon cameras, but I'll stick with them for now.