My first camera was a Miranda Sensomat RE. I purchased it in 1971, the year it was introduced into the market. The camera served me well and in active use for 30 years.
I've had many digital cameras starting as an early adopter of the technology. I think the very first one was a Kodak DCS 220 at a whopping 1 megapixel. It was good enough to post pictures on the internet, not much else. The first DSLR was a Pentax 1st D. Also not that great. The leap into the technology was with a Canon Rebel T2i. To me, at least, it was a game changer. Finally some quality images. I progressed through the different models rapidly, ending up with several Canon 1D professional cameras, and a membership in the Canon Professional Services group. I primarily stuck to the full frame cameras.
I ended up making the switch to Nikon with the Nikon D700. I ended up with my dream camera, a Nikon D800 shortly after it was released in 2012. This was supposed to be it, the last one.
Unfortunately, my health changed considerably through 2011 and 2012, ending with a diagnosis of diabetes and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. The resulting weight loss, 112 lbs in a span of 4 1/2 months, caused a lot of problems with hand-holding the D800. I sold the D800. The next few years were without a camera, until I felt recovered enough to venture back into the hobby with a used D600. Wasn't quite ready, so the D600 sat in the bottom of a closet for a few more years. I did buy a Nikon 1 V1 camera during that time. It was small, light, and I could hand-hold it with no issues.
After getting a call from a family member asking me to shoot a sports event, I was pleased to find that my health had improved enough to hold a camera steady again and long enough to cover an event for a few hours. I was thrilled. The D600 served me well for a few more months, until I found a used D800. That got me going with upgrades until I had the latest: a Nikon D850.
I've had the pleasure since then to also dabble in a few other technologies. I've owned or used a few bridge cameras, also known as superzooms. Those were mainly Nikon: P510, P900, P950 and P1000. Other than the P1000, they are essentially the same camera. A few minor differences (the P510 is smaller in size, the P1000 is larger), but the image quality is nearly the same in all of them. They are all based on a 1/2.3" sensor. The processor version may be slightly different. All shoot in JPG mode with the P950 and P1000 also offering the option of shooting in RAW. The biggest difference is in the zoom capabilities. The P510 is 42X, the P900 and P950 are 83X and the P1000 is 125X. The P1000 is overkill ... really, anything over 1000mm should be in a tripod. But F-U-N – FUN!!!