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I have used a lot of cameras over the past 40-odd years.
I've forgotten some of the things that I used, below is what I remember at this time.

	The first camera I had was the Beirette for 35 mm film. Nothing made with this remains today.
The simple Praktica Super TL was my very first SLR, bought in the early 1970's. I used a 135 and 300 mm lens on it, I think they were both Panagor lenses. I only used black/white negative film at that time. After the camera and lenses where stolen in New York City, back in 1973, I gave away all negs to a fellow spotter.
	I then bought a Mamiya/Sekor 1000DTL. I know that I had my first zoomlens on this camera, but please don't ask what it was. All I remember is, it had two wide rings, one for zooming and one for focusing. At that time I started to use Kodachrome 25 positive film and some slides taken with this camera are now digitized and on my website. Below is the first picture ever with this camera:
The next camera was a giant leap forward. From the P-mount to an "easy" rotating ring at the bottom of the Canon FD-lens.... I still have the camera but it isn't working properly anymore, the Canon EF, bought around 1976/1977. It came with the then standard 1.8/50 mm lens and I think I again used a Panagor zoomlens on it.
Around 1979/1980 I also had a Mamiya m645. This camera used 120-roll film for a 6x4.5 cm format. I never used it for aviation photos, only for weddings, portraits, things like that and sold it after a few years.
	After that came the more "electronic" cameras, the Canon A1 with a motordrive.
And also the Canon F-1n for single shots (K25 was never cheap).
	One of the lenses I used I still remember, the Canon new FD 70-210 mm, a very easy to use piece of glass. The locking pin was still on the lens, not on the camera.
Also used 17 mm and 35-70 mm on those cameras, pictured here, and a 24 mm. All had the new FD lensmount.
	For the real long distance I had a Panagor 400 mm.
Wanting auto-focus, I switched to Minolta. I wish I had never done that, today I can't even remember the lenses. I had two bodies, Dynax 700si but these cameras just were not IT. I soon swapped back to Canon, this time into the digital era:
	The Canon EOS 300D. The first digital SLR that I could afford (at that time...), it came with the EF-S 18-55mm.
Even though I also bought a Canon 300V with a Canon EF 28-90 mm, I went strictly digital. The 300V is still unused (wanna buy it?? it's brand-new...).
	For aircraft photography I immediately added the Canon EF 75-300mm IS.
A second similar body (branded Digital Rebel), imported by my supplier, was soon added.
	When I bought the EF 100-400 mm L IS USM...
	together with the 2x extender, the 300D/Digital Rebel proved to be too slow and I sold them, together with the 18-55 mm and the 28-90 mm.
The first replacement was the Canon 30D.
	Very soon the Canon 40D was also added.
Replacing the "old glass" I now use the EF-S 17-85 mm,
	and the EF-S 10-22 mm.
I also have a Powershot G7, which has proved to be very useful in dark museums/hangars, especially when taking pictures at close range.
	The EF 75-300 was initially replaced with the faster and somewhat lighter EF 70-300 mm IS USM. However, I gave it to my wife and went back to the 75-300.
In return she allows me to use her Tokina 10-17mm Fish-Eye lens :-).
	The 40D is sold. I now use two 7D's, one with a battery-grip. The 30D is my backup camera.