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<blockquote data-quote="David Wells" data-source="post: 69619" data-attributes="member: 9812">My first SLR was a Pentax ME that I bought with college graduation money (1978).&nbsp; My mom was aghast that I'd buy an SLR because she thought they could only shoot slides as Dad always did with his Yashica rangefinder. When I showed her my first roll of developed film as pictures she could hold and look at, she was amazed! I bought a Pentax ME Super for my wife, but she never used it and my son has it now.&nbsp; I bought a Nikon N80 back in 2002 and when it came time to go digital, the D80 was the way to go for me as it was pretty similar to its film sibling. My son got my N80 for Christmas a few years ago and now I sold him my D80 when I upgraded to the D7000. Great cameras all!&nbsp; Although I pondered Canon, I could not justify buying one as I'd have to replace lenses and get a whole 'nuther flash unit.My buddy just bought a Canon 7D with a 100-400 zoom lens the size of Vermont and he's having a whale of a time trying to figure out how to use it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="David Wells, post: 69619, member: 9812"] My first SLR was a Pentax ME that I bought with college graduation money (1978). My mom was aghast that I'd buy an SLR because she thought they could only shoot slides as Dad always did with his Yashica rangefinder. When I showed her my first roll of developed film as pictures she could hold and look at, she was amazed! I bought a Pentax ME Super for my wife, but she never used it and my son has it now. I bought a Nikon N80 back in 2002 and when it came time to go digital, the D80 was the way to go for me as it was pretty similar to its film sibling. My son got my N80 for Christmas a few years ago and now I sold him my D80 when I upgraded to the D7000. Great cameras all! Although I pondered Canon, I could not justify buying one as I'd have to replace lenses and get a whole 'nuther flash unit. My buddy just bought a Canon 7D with a 100-400 zoom lens the size of Vermont and he's having a whale of a time trying to figure out how to use it. [/QUOTE]

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