A Pentax user. I grew up in upstate NY, and now live in New Mexico. (yes, that void between AZ and TX) Currently I am attend Central New Mexico Community College. I am in their Radiologic Technology program. This consumes most of my time. I started with photography after I moved out to New Mexico in 2001. I had seen one too many sunsets, and decided I need to capture them so others could enjoy them. I did of course realize that there are probobly a billion sunset photos in the world. I should mention that I had an interest in photography before that point, being originally from Rochester, NY. I probobly went through a multitude of 110 cameras. My first SLR was the Pentax ZX-L. I had entered a usenet group(rec.photo.equipment.35mm) I believe) and asked about what camera would be good for me. I mentioned that I wanted to take photos of fireworks as well. The first few responses mentioned the Pentax line of cameras (which still amazes me since Canikon is usually the response people get). Long story short, I'm a Pentax owner. :-) Second SLR i purchased was my first digital. The Pentax *ist DL. I have been using that since April 2006. I do want that new Pentax K7, but I will patiently wait while I use my DL and ZX-L (and even my Pentax ME). For better or for worse I have never taken a photography class. I asked a friend of my Mother's, who is an excellent photographer(was going to directly link to his page but smugmug is choking on it. http://www.pbase.com/timbg) , if I should take a class, and his response was "just keep shooting". I have used that advice well. Digital made the advice a lot easier on the wallet. Every photo uploaded here has been via 56k dialup modem. So if it seems like the uploads happen over a long period time, thats because they do. My Equipment includes: Pentax ME Pentax ZX-L(MZ-6) Pentax *ist DL Pentax-DA 18-55mm lens ("Kit Lens" Though I bought it after purchasing the DL) Pentax SMCP FA 28-80 f3.5-5.6(Kit lens for the ZX-L) Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 Pentax-M 50mm f2 Auto mamiya/sekor 135mm f2.8 m42 (about $10 from ebay) Vivitar 28mm f2.8 (about $15 from ebay) Sigma 70-250 f/ 3.5-4.5 Cambron f6.3 400mm T-Mount ($25 from Pentaxforums Market Place) Tamron 28-200 AF Aspherical LD Sears 135mm Macro Sunpak 522 Sunpak 622 Super Sigma EF-500 DG Super Ebay Wireless Flash Triggers Bogen 3021 Tripod