The first photo here below is the ninth digital photo I took with my first digital point 'n shoot(*), a Kyocera Finecam. I took it in late March of 2003, shortly after the camera arrived.
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As of today (July 28 2009), I have yet to purchase a digital-only interchangable lens camera.
I have, however, bought a couple of used Imacon backs for my Rollei 6008.
(They're not stored at home while I'm at sea. I rent a self storage unit in the city for the expensive stuff.)
Finally, in Dec 2011, I bought an Olympus E-P3, and then in April 2012 gave it to my mom and got an OMD-EM5
I keep it with some of those delightful miniature (from the Rollei point of view) primes in a mini messenger bag, and I bring it with me when I travel.
The Finecam came on in my pocket while I was on a trip from WV to Michigan, picking up an ebay purchase. It tried to extend its lens in my pocket and died. I asked, and the repair cost was over 80% of the original purchase price, and technology had continued to march on. I replaced it with a Pentax Optio S4 WR, which, being designed for water resistance, didn't allow the front lens element to move. The Pentax has been very rugged for me. It's chief problem is that its sensor seems capable of capturing about the same dynamic range as slide film, so it deals poorly with shadows on a sunny day. On August 23rd of 2006 I felt the urge to walk around the yard taking various photos of it, and here follow some of them. With the exception of the last one of the group, I've kind of grouped them geographically, but I've also sometimes alternated between grouping geographically by subject matter and grouping geographically by view point, so I'm not sure if it helps any.
Finally, here's a crop from a photo I took while visiting with some aquaintances down by the river. For a lot of years, my landlords let people (for a $3 charge) go down to visit the river, and it was a very poplular place to visit in the summertime. Then a few of the visitors interacted badly with one another and decided to sue my lanlords about it. My landlords fought the lawsuit and then had to sue their own insurance company to get them to pay for fighting the lawsuit. After (I think) the second such lawsuit, there was no more of letting people go down to visit the river. That's sad, because it's a beautiful place, and they were happy to share it when doing so didn't cost them huge legal expenses. Fortunately for me, as a resident, I and my guests are still permitted to visit the river.
