It was just recently that I tried to recall my “camera body” memories. So just to put it on record, here’s a personal post about me and my cameras. Not a very ROCKIN* post but-

ANYWAY, first, there was this: A Canon AE-1 film camera. It was my dad’s though. He bought it when I was around 10 years old during one of his trips to Hong Kong. But I remember I was only able to shoot with it when I was 19 when it was already gathering dust in a forgotten corner of our house.

The first SLR at home was my father's Canon AE-1

I was 14 when I first mentioned to my parents about taking photography as a hobby…

Since the digital photography age hasn’t kicked in yet during that time, I was discouraged to pursue such an expensive hobby that required expensive equipment and photo developing expenses. I was a student then and I had no money. But because I loved taking pictures, I indulged myself in every opportunity I was given to shoot with our family compact film camera. I don’t remember what brands those compact cameras were but one- Kodak.

Hello Digital!

When the compact digital cameras began to invade the market, my parents got a Canon S30. It was so expensive then. It cost almost a thousand dollars! It was during this time when I tried to teach myself how to frame my shots using using the LCD, you know- Live View. Sad to say that our S30 had a short lifespan as its buttons easily wear out. Goodbye $1000.

Just when digicams invaded the market, we got a Canon S30.

I bought my very first  digital camera with my meager savings while working abroad- a Canon A75. I felt like I could go places with my beloved point-and-shoot camera. I had a pretty great run with it but sadly, the gagdet broke down twice and I never was able to get it repaired to this day.

Canon A75. My first digital camera.

Now here’s a camera I very seriously considered buying but never got it anyway. Before I left work abroad and bound for home, I was contemplating on getting a Fujifilm Finepix hybrid camera. I didn’t get one though. Whatever reason held me back, I can’t remember.

Nah! I didn't get a Finepix. Almost did though.

About 5 years later,  I felt that it was finally give in to photography. The Canon 400D was my initial choice but somewhere I got swayed into “The Dark Side”.

I got my first entry-level DSLR- A Nikon D40. I finally got to learn to get proper exposures, messing around with my camera settings, yadayadayada… it was a great li’l camera, it did the job, but no matter how wonderful it was, for my photography needs, somewhere down the road, I simply outgrew its limited features, sold it…

First cam baby! Nikon D40!

…and got myself a Nikon D80 which I use to this day.

What I ROCK* wit'

What could be next? I’m not sure yet. Since I’m going into portraits and, most importantly, events, i see myself keeping this as a backup camera in the future. Maybe a D90? or a D300 perhaps? We’ll see.

So there you have it. I got you reading this far, didn’t I?

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