My Dad was a keen photographer so I guess I got the bug from him... Started on a fully manual camera with a manually wound shutter when I was a nipper ... had a cosina CT1G and then a minolta dynax ... bought a compact digital 2 years ago and and loved it - that gave me the DLSR itch and in 2008 bought the Nikon I'd always longed for, Im a digital convert and it's given me the drive to learn more and take better shots!