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<blockquote data-quote="sonicbuffalo_RIP" data-source="post: 289577" data-attributes="member: 21543">In the mid to late 80's, I bought a Minolta 7000i film camera and several lenses.&nbsp; I spent a little over a grand, but was driving cross country in a big rig so I wanted to capture the beauty of America.&nbsp; I ended up driving in that short (compared to many truck drivers) span of a year, 48 states.&nbsp; That's right, I travelled in every continental state in the US.When I quit driving over the road, I still kept the camera as our kids were young, and the pictures the camera produced were very good.&nbsp; A&nbsp; few years ago, I bought a Nikon D5100.&nbsp; My thoughts here are simply to say that I'm glad I resisted the urge to go out and buy a digital camera when they first came out.&nbsp; The megapixel rate was so low, and the technology just hadn't developed into what it is today.&nbsp; I figure I saved a lot of cash by not buying any of the first generation, or second generations of digital cameras.&nbsp; Now, I've sold the 5100 and realized that I wanted to upgrade a bit.&nbsp; I bought a D7100 and am very happy that the technology has finally caught up to a very high level compared to film photography.&nbsp; In fact, digital photography has surpassed film in overall technological advances to such a high degree that I am more often than not, overwhelmed by all the features built into my D7100 (I've only had it a month, and most of that time has been spent reading David Busch's &quot;Guide to Digital Photography with the D7100&quot;.&nbsp; I finally finished reading the book, and I have so much to learn.&nbsp; I feel as though I just walked through a time machine when I compare it to the 7000i that I had built by Minolta.&nbsp; :mask:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sonicbuffalo_RIP, post: 289577, member: 21543"] In the mid to late 80's, I bought a Minolta 7000i film camera and several lenses. I spent a little over a grand, but was driving cross country in a big rig so I wanted to capture the beauty of America. I ended up driving in that short (compared to many truck drivers) span of a year, 48 states. That's right, I travelled in every continental state in the US. When I quit driving over the road, I still kept the camera as our kids were young, and the pictures the camera produced were very good. A few years ago, I bought a Nikon D5100. My thoughts here are simply to say that I'm glad I resisted the urge to go out and buy a digital camera when they first came out. The megapixel rate was so low, and the technology just hadn't developed into what it is today. I figure I saved a lot of cash by not buying any of the first generation, or second generations of digital cameras. Now, I've sold the 5100 and realized that I wanted to upgrade a bit. I bought a D7100 and am very happy that the technology has finally caught up to a very high level compared to film photography. In fact, digital photography has surpassed film in overall technological advances to such a high degree that I am more often than not, overwhelmed by all the features built into my D7100 (I've only had it a month, and most of that time has been spent reading David Busch's "Guide to Digital Photography with the D7100". I finally finished reading the book, and I have so much to learn. I feel as though I just walked through a time machine when I compare it to the 7000i that I had built by Minolta. :mask: [/QUOTE]

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