The first camera I ever owned was a Canon with film that was offered by my parents when I graduated from high school. This was one of the best gifts I have ever received and I was so excited to try and learn how to use. Because it was a camera with film, it was definitely trickier to test the settings since you could not see the effects and results right away. For those of you who never used a filmed camera you will probably not understand what I am talking about! I will have to scan some of the pictures I took with this camera the next time I go back to visit my family in France where my old photo books are.

The switch from film to digital was very easy and exciting. Since I started with a Canon I wanted to stay with a Canon, and another advantage was that the lenses I had on the previous camera, worked on the new one, so it was a no brainer. I am an amateur photograph, i love capturing moments since very young and I am not really interested in debating between each brand of cameras and what the differences could be. 

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After the Canon, I bought the Leica D-Lux 7. I had been following Leica for a while and their technology was always fascinating to me combined with how compact the camera was. As much as I loved my Canon, it was starting to be too bulky and heavy to carry on my international trips. So I started looking into getting a Leica that I could afford since those cameras are very expensive! And I ended up buying a used D-Lux 7 on Amazon for a price I could afford. I love this camera, and if you want to see the first pictures I took with it go to my article on the Wilds. One of the main functions I wanted to be able to do was to be able to isolate 1 color and put everything in black & white. If you think of that very famous picture of the yellow cabs in New York where you see only the yellow of the taxis, well this is what I wanted to do without going through editing. The Leica gave me that functions and many more effects that are so easy to do without having to control many settings.

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My latest camera was a crazy purchase! I do not remember how I had heard about this company Light and the L16 camera equipped with 16 lenses and with 53 mega pixels pictures. This was my geeky moment to try a limited and brand new technology. Now off course this toy comes at a price but I managed to save some money by buying a refurbished one. The L16 are no longer in production by the way but you can find some on eBay. You will find a lot of mixed reviews online regarding this camera, again I will not weigh in and let you decide on your own. Just like the Leica the L16 is perfect for traveling because it is so compact and the quality of the pictures is extraordinary. The issue on my end is that most of the effects need to be done on the editing side, which I am not a big fan of spending time editing. The software Lumen that comes with the L16 is simple to use but it takes a lot of RAM/resources on my computer to run, probably also because of the size of each pictures and also because I am using a 2018 MacBook Pro. 

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My next camera?? I am not sure yet because I believe that at some point the quality of your pictures does not depend on the latest camera you own. But if I were to speculate or win the lottery, I would upgrade my Leica for a model M with a couple of lenses!