Starting with a Minolta X300 in 1987, upgrade to Nikon FA and FM2 few years later and lost interest in photography in the mid '90 ... sold all that stuff :-(
Recovered in 2006 with a Canon 20D and started learning again, trial and error ....
Catched one of the last 5D Mark II in 2012 (I was looking for a new tripod and left the store with a 5D II + 24-105 Kit).
Had my first nude shooting in September 2016 and looking forward to my next one.