I started clicking at a fairly early age. It was 1972, Puri and I was not even six that time. Probably it was an Agfa Isoly II. But that was not our camera.
I could purchase my first camera in 1978. It was a click IV. Probably the price was Rs 140/- that time. My uncle purchased it from Bombay. I used to save Rs.1.5/- daily from the rickshaw fare given my my mother. In a note book, the accounts were recorded against date. I could pile up a huge sum of Rs.125/- and the rest was a gift from my father.
I could purchase my first camera in 1978. It was a click IV. Probably the price was Rs 140/- that time. My uncle purchased it from Bombay. I used to save Rs.1.5/- daily from the rickshaw fare given my my mother. In a note book, the accounts were recorded against date. I could pile up a huge sum of Rs.125/- and the rest was a gift from my father.
Yashica electro 35 was the next that we had. My Aunty-Uncle brought it from England in 1979.
The pictures were excuisite and crisp.
In late 1992 I purchased my first Nikon. It was FM 10.
In 1996 I took the next step with a Nikon F65.
With an 18-24mm wide angle, 70-200mm tele and a basic 35-70mm lens this was a complete set for me.
In 2004, I graduated to digital photography with Nikon Coolpix 8700. It was a 8MP, superzoom bridge with 35-280 mm lens. The picture quality was astonishing and in some cases outstanding.
In 2007 I purchased my first Canon S5 iS. This is again a 8 MP bridge camera with 35-432 mm. It was not a great camera, though I could take some nice photos with this at Rajasthan.
Nikon D60 was my next camera which I purchased in Aug 2008. This entry level D-SLR could never really satisfy me. Except for a few nice shots at Prague, I was not too happy.
Canon SX10iS was a small giant which I have used for a few months in 2009 abd early 2010. Again a bridge with 10 MP and a 28-560 mm lens.
It was fun but again had some limitations with which I became aware and sensitized during the wildlife photo safari and Bandipur.
Within 4 weeks of coming back in February 2010 I moved to my next D-SLR and again a Nikon. This time it is D90 with a 18-105 mm lens.
After a long 3 years I purchased my first Canon D-SLR 7D. Initially with a 18-200 mm lens and then replaced the lense with one 18-135 mm and another 70-300 mm lenses.
