good deal.
i started out wanting a camera pretty bad in the late 80's early 90's when i was a pre-teen - the eos ads w/ andre agassi were one of the best marketing campaigns ever
anyway... got my first "real" camera when i was 16 - nine years ago already (!) - a canon eos rebel x
ive since progressed to a canon eos a2, got a nikon 775 digital p&s in 2000 and now shoot a canon eos 10d (dslr)
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