Why? My first "real" camera was a YashicaMat (because my brother-in-law had a "real" Rollei TLR; and, I could not afford one like his!); and, I wanted a "dependable camera to take photos of our new kid, arriving in a few months. Several years later (1968), wife was "outta the picture;" but, I was hooked on "real" cameras. A friend was a "pro;" and, he recommended his camera: a Nikon FTN with an 85 mm, 1.4 (because I could only afford one lens!) I still have that 85 (for portrait and "forensic" detailing); but, I have up-graded over the years. Currently, I have an F-100; an F-3 (for film); and, digitals D-90; D7000; and, D7100. "GAS" plays no part in MY life! Thank you Nikon for maintaining the Nikon "feel" throughout your parade. . .I have only had to learn what the "new" buttons will "do." But, the feel is the same over the years! I am too lazy to change lenses! Hence, I carry cameras fitted with ONE lens each; and, I use a 28-300; an 18-37; and, the trusty OLD 85. I also have a "highly specialized" Nikkor 500 mm, f8 which will identify the face of a rock-climber a 1/4 mile away.

Ya know, I have found that carrying TWO cameras will "open up doors" to some rather interesting places (because people think you're a "pro" on a "shooting assignment). And, I've been invited into the attic of a 17th Century thatched roof pub in Oxfordshire to "meet their ghost;" the basement and rooftop of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul to view the "plunder of a thousand years of Turkish raiders;" the basement of Stirling Castle in Scotland; the dungeons of Warwick Castle in England; the "forbidden rooms" of the Alhambra in Granada (Spain). . .And, innumerable "private" places in the United States (though Americans are not that impressed by traveling photographers! <smile>)

But, idea has always been "to remember" (and, occasionally, to share) with a modicum of accuracy! <smile>. It has been a lot of fun. . .And, now (in my Ninth Decade), I can use all the help I can get. . .And, especially when I am alone with my thoughts. . .