Started to shoot pictures in the 50's with a Kodak Brownie, then my father gave me his pre-war Zeiss Ikon Netter, a bellows camera using 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 film format. In the mid 60's I got a used SLR Contax D which eventually led me to a Pentax Spotmatic F. This camera was stolen along with all my lenses, video equipment, TV's, bikes, jewelry, audio equipment etc. I replaced my lost camera with two Nikon's which unfortunately I never used due to business commitments. The digital age came and I, as we all did, switched. Now I have a Canon, Casio, Lumix, Olympus and Nikon and still trying to capture that illusive award winning picture.