Photography Notebook: My Camera Choices over the Years
I've been taking digital photos since 1998, and I've enjoyed expanding my knowledge, experience, and equipment since then.
In 1998, I started out in digital photography with an early digital camera, a Kodak DC 210 (Kodak has since gone out of the camera business!). I later replaced this with a Canon Powershot A30, then a Canon Powershot A640. It was my experience with the A640 that made me loyal to the Canon brand--because I put that Powershot A640 through its paces--in terrible weather--rain, sleet, snow, ice, sub-zero weather--for tens of thousands of photos, and it worked very well.
In August 2008, I decided on a small-frame digital SLR camera. By 2012, I had reasons to get a full-frame camera.
By 2015, I went with mirrorless. First, a Canon M30 in 2015, then a Canon M200 in 2019, then a Canon R7 in 2022. In 2022, I sold off all my non-mirrorless cameras.
Example photos with my cameras
To give an idea of my background and cameras, here are photos I've taken with my various cameras.
"Victoria Station" taken with a Kodak DC210 in 1998 | "Chicago Lakefront" taken with a Canon Powershot A30 in 2004 |
"Downtown Milwaukee Twilight" taken with a Canon Powershot A640 in 2008 | "Night Doors" taken in 2008 with the Canon Rebel XSi |
"Pretty in Pink" taken in 2009 with the Canon EOS Rebel T1i | "Breakfast at the Lakefront" taken in 2012 with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III |
"Merry Christmas Hop" taken in 2021 with the Pixel 6 |