My first camera was a Polaroid 210 when I was 13 and too young to really use it for anything other than Christmas and birthdays. I acquired my first serious camera from my father when I was 17, a TLR Ansco, along with an enlarger. I did mostly BW and developed my own film and prints. I bought a second hand Nikkormat FT2 when I was 24 and used the heck out of it untill the meter went bad. Repaired it, it went south again, and at that point I kinda hung up my photographer's hat. Then in my late 40s a co-worker offered me a sweetheart deal on some used stuff I couldn't say no to: a Canon A1 and AE1 Program cameras, 5 Canon lenses and 1 other lens, a professional grade flash, lens caps hoods, and a bunch of filters, all looking little used, for the grand total of 100. I was back in the game! But I found myself missing the quality of medium format so about half a dozen years later I went to my first Dallas area camera show and I found exactly what I was hoping for: A fellow wanting to get out of film and selling a single package deal: A Bronica SQA camera with Action Grip, 3 lenses, 2 film backs, caps hoods, a bunch of filters, and a super nice nylon case, all of it looking brand new, for $400 and he took $375! I've since acquired another Canon A1, a Bronica SQAi, Contaflex I, Voigtlander Vito B & Bessa, Mamiya Six IV, Mocba 5, several Continas, Asahi Pentax, Retina IIIc, Bolsey B2, four Exaktas and some extra lenses, film backs and other miscellaneous including a color enlarger so I am back doing all my own BW developing. Yes, I do have two point shoot digital cameras but they are not serious cameras to me.