It’s a strange thing, how something that seems like a simple hobby can affect your life. I remember shopping for my first digital camera. I didn’t really know anything about cameras or photography at the time, but the gearhead in me (or maybe the creative?) insisted on getting one with full manual controls and all kinds of menu options and buttons I didn’t know how to use. I finally settled on my trusty old Cannon A80. I loved that camera, it had all the controls I needed, had this cool flip screen and even shot RAW. Of course, using the manual controls on that thing was a huge pain the butt so I shot everything in “P” mode and never shot a single RAW image with it. Still, I shot some great images with that little camera, and it really sparked my creativity and interest in photography.