Transitioning from film cameras was a slow process. I was a big fan of the Minolta X-700 series (1981) then later upgraded to the Maxxum 7000 SLR that came out in 1985. I enjoyed the technical aspects of taking a photograph using film down to the science of what film to use in certain situations.

Then came the digital age. My first camera that used the digital format was a Ricoh RDC-2 that used the DM-2 attached mini monitor. I actually still have the one I purchased back in 1996. I paid close $700 bucks for that thing and I thought it was high tech with the massive 2MB internal storage.

This little clamshell configuration was super odd and it even supported a proprietary video format. The memory card back those days was called PCMCIA flash cards.

I’ve had many different digital cameras throughout the years. I tried different manufacturers as they released new models. This included Olympus, Nikon, Fuji and of course the Canon line.

I’ve been using Canon Gear for many years. It was the platform I decided to invest in out of all the big name camera company’s that were around in that time period.