I started with a Pentax ME Super in 1980 with a M50mm f1.7 lens. Progressed(?) to a Tokina 35-105 f3.5-4.3 zoom and then an M28 f2.8, M135 f3.5 and an M200 f4. Traded the Tokina 35-105 for a Pentax M40-80 f2.8-4.
My wife(then girlfriend) also purchased an ME Super a year later and so we were a 2 x ME Super family. We took our cameras on all our pre-marital holidays and obtained some wonderful memories on film from these cameras.
I loved that camera but it was a little tired after 14 years of service and so I traded it for a Z50P in 1994 with an FA28-80 f3.5-4.7 and an FA100-300 f4.5-5.6. Both these zooms were not the best I must say!
About 2002, i purchased my 1st digital camera, a Canon Powershot G3(?) I think it was called. Reasonable pics, but I hated the P&S format and so after a while I was hankering for a DSLR. When Pentax announced their *ist D I was excited to get it, but the price put me right off!! Anyway, after about 12 months the price came down and as I was heading OS for a trip I decided to have a look at one. Compared it to the Nikon D70 and the Canon 300D and the Pentax won but it was a close call to the D70 and the Canon felt like a toy. It was the viewfinder, ergonomics, AA batteries, solid body feel and lens compatibility that won me over. Suffice to say, i have never looked back and the decision to buy it was one of my best.