A camera always wanted

Ever since I can remember, I was fascinated with photos (this is easily mistaken for being in photos). I always liked the idea of capturing one specific moment in time an being able to keep it and cherish it forever. This later played a large role in my future activities. I remember my first camera, it was a cheap Belle & Howell point and shoot camera with a set f-stop of about 3.5. Needless to say, I was happy that Christmas day. My parents would load me up with ISO 200 film with 24 exposures, and away I was. With my exposures limited to 24, I would only take pictures of things that I absolutely had to. Sometimes it would take me over a month to go through one roll of film. I would then proudly visit the developing station at the local store and submit my photos for development. That was the only way I could see how my photos turned out. That is, until the digital age hit.

Once the digital age swept through the world, I was truly amazed. I could not believe that a picture could be taken, and viewed and stored on a computer, all in a short amount of time. It actually took me a while to enter the digital age, as prices were against me throughout the first years of this technology. My first digital camera was, yet again a point and shoot camera, this time, however, I was drawn in to the world of Nikon, it was a starter digital camera that helped me start to understand the rule of thirds more. Despite being in a new era of technology, I still limited my pictures as if I still had a film camera. A few years passed and I made a move to a Canon point and shoot. I then inherited my first SLR camera. It was just a simple Canon EOS digital Elph, but it meant the world to me. To this day, I use it for all of my underwater photography. But I still held the original preference of owning a Nikon. About half a year after Nikon launched their D5000, I was searching high and low for the best deal and just had to have it. It was a slight step up from my Canon and the fact that it was a Nikon were my two biggest purchasing factors.

Unfortunately Mr. D5000 only lasted me a year before the lens went kaputt. Luckily I had purchased the three year warranty. Bestbuy teased me for two weeks, saying that my camera was going to be shipped off back to Nikon and repaired. Needless to say, two weeks without a camera was unbearable! Every time I turned around, a picture perfect moment was there before me. Two weeks finally crept by and I marched into Bestbuy and demanded answers to the whereabouts of my camera. Turns out Bestbuy forgot to inform me that fixing my camera was useless, and that I was able to choose a camera of equal or lesser value as a replacement. Bestbuy in my town does not have the pick of the litter when it comes to cameras. They had no camera of equal value. So I was left with the choice of a slightly lesser model, or a upgrade. Uh DUH? What do you think I did? I had to upgrade, no self respecting photographer would downgrade. Plus I was kind of at war with Girlfriend's dad in a battle of who has a better camera, and after his purchase of the D5100 I had to make my move.
Let me introduce to you the newest addition to my camera family:

Oh Hey! I'm the D90!

In the end, I am really glad that Bestbuy finally came to terms and let me upgrade (for a small fee). But I have reason to believe that it was well worth it.
Many Pictures to come...

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