Photography has always been my passion ever since I laid my hands on my first camera since I was 10 or something. My first camera was a Kodak instamatic. It’s one of those point and shoot cameras where even a kid like me and everybody else could take pictures, without having to fiddle and figure out the lens opening, and shutter speed. At that time, I thought all cameras were the same. It was only in College that I discovered the joy of shooting with an SLR camera. SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. Several brands were At the forefront of the SLR market such as Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Olympus and other less known brands. Owning a Nikon SLR camera was (and is) a status symbol. But the price of the Nikon was too much for me, so I settled for a Cosina SLR. I put a Pentax135mm telephoto on the body and took some really great pictures . Then I bought a Pentax MG with an ME Motor Grip on it ( see above picture) . The Pentax MG served me well thru the years.
It was only when I caught my first job at COA that I was able to get a second hand Nikon FG and a couple of lenses. Then in the year 2001, got myself a brand new Nikon F75 then added a battery grip for a more professional look. By the next couple of years, however, some advanced amateur photo enthusiasts have shifted to Digital Photography . A lot of photographers , however, were reluctant to move to digital because of its inferior quality compared to film. . By that time, the highest pixel an SLR digital camera could offer was around 6 megapixels.
Guess what… last week I had a chance to shoot a digital SLR camera. It was a Nikon D40 and the camera just look and feels like your old traditional film SLR. So I think my transition ( if ever I decide to) to digital photography would not be much of a problem. As for picture quality, digitals have come a long way.
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