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<blockquote data-quote="silvertip" data-source="post: 17991" data-attributes="member: 2361">Oh my, I have had go back in the memory banks for this one. When I was probably about 10 or 11 my friend ans I biult our first cameras out of 2x4s. About 5&quot; long.&nbsp; Painted them up like a Polaroid, with a hole drilled through the 2x4 for the view finder and a place on the back that was milled out with hand drawn pictures on paper for the 'instant film.' From that moved up to a cheap 126 film camera that I got as a reward for selling Christmas cards. In 1972 my parents bought me a Minolta SRT 101 with a 58mm f1.4 lens. That was a good camera and used it a lot until I bought a Canon A1. I bought a Sigma 35-70 zoom with that camera and still have them today. I also bought a Canon FTb with a 50 f1.8 lens as a back up to the A1. I also have a Kiron 70-210 f4 zoom and a Canon 300 f4 and a SunPak 522 flash.My wife bought me a Kodak p&amp;s digital camera which I did not like so I traded it and a few bucks for a Sony P52. After I got some money for car accident I decided that I wanted to get into a dslr. Canon or Nikon? I choose Nikon because it had more features than the Canon and a few dollars less money. I now shoot with a D200 with 18-55 lens, 70- 300 both Nikon and a Sigma 24-70 f2.8 and a Sigma 70- 200 f2.8. The 70-300 does not get used too much but the other three, especially the 70- 200 gets used alot during basketball season. And a SB800 flash.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silvertip, post: 17991, member: 2361"] Oh my, I have had go back in the memory banks for this one. When I was probably about 10 or 11 my friend ans I biult our first cameras out of 2x4s. About 5" long. Painted them up like a Polaroid, with a hole drilled through the 2x4 for the view finder and a place on the back that was milled out with hand drawn pictures on paper for the 'instant film.' From that moved up to a cheap 126 film camera that I got as a reward for selling Christmas cards. In 1972 my parents bought me a Minolta SRT 101 with a 58mm f1.4 lens. That was a good camera and used it a lot until I bought a Canon A1. I bought a Sigma 35-70 zoom with that camera and still have them today. I also bought a Canon FTb with a 50 f1.8 lens as a back up to the A1. I also have a Kiron 70-210 f4 zoom and a Canon 300 f4 and a SunPak 522 flash. My wife bought me a Kodak p&s digital camera which I did not like so I traded it and a few bucks for a Sony P52. After I got some money for car accident I decided that I wanted to get into a dslr. Canon or Nikon? I choose Nikon because it had more features than the Canon and a few dollars less money. I now shoot with a D200 with 18-55 lens, 70- 300 both Nikon and a Sigma 24-70 f2.8 and a Sigma 70- 200 f2.8. The 70-300 does not get used too much but the other three, especially the 70- 200 gets used alot during basketball season. And a SB800 flash. [/QUOTE]

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