Started shooting pictures in 1960 with a Brownie box camera circa 1920 (still have the camera). Then, 35 mm in 1968. Video began in 1980 with an RCA VHS "portable" so I could capture my son's midget league football team and my daughter's cheerleading team. Digital video (miniDV) began in 2000 with a JVC 805U. Was editing with Studio DV then Studio 7 & 8 (yecch!). Switched to Vegas in 2003 and won't go back! In October 2003 gave the JVC to my daughter to film her sons in midget league football and daughter in cheerleading (what goes around comes around, ha!) and bought a Panasonic PV-DV953 to shoot my world.