the first camera i used to take a photo was a yashica electro 35. first camera i owned (a gift from my godmother when i was five i think) was a diana f. i didn't own an slr until high school (fuji st-601n, match-needle metering). first nikon was an EM, also in high school. it was a step down in features from my fuji ax-5 (a canon a-1 clone), but that was the start of my nikon experience.