When I was a youngster back in the 70s I had a Zenit E then a Praktika, but my older brother had a Canon AE-1 which I was very envious of, so when I moved into DSLRs 10 or 11 years ago, it had to be with Canon, who also at the time seemed to have the best offering for what I wanted.
First was a 450D. I do/did lots of dog photography, and found the fps was exactly the same as my dog’s strides per second when running, so every photo was the same part of her stride. I therefore upgraded to a:
50D. Lovely camera which I have very fond memories of, but the AF just wasn’t up to head on shots of dogs running, so I moved on to a:
7D. This did me well for years for both dogs and wildlife, but I was always craving more reliable AF and better high ISO performance, so I pre-ordered a:
7D2. Wonderful camera which I still have - I was photographing the rut with it only yesterday. I had started doing more portraits, weddings etc as well, and with more professional work needed a back up camera, so in addition I bought a:
5D3. This made lovely images, and I appreciated the Full Frame and high ISO, but I just never felt the affection for it I had with my other cameras, and it was very much a back-up to the 7D2 unless I was doing portraits or low light. This spring I had an unexpected windfall, so I sold the 5D3 and bought a:
1DX2. This is the epitome of cameras for me. The AF is incredible and the high ISO eye-wateringly good. It is my main camera and just does everything superbly. The 7D2 is the back-up and comes out at times, like stalking stags yesterday, when the light is bright and I need as much length as possible.
So there we are, from a 450D to a 1DX2 with no plans to change [emoji3]