My late father was a dentist but operated a photo studio as hobby & 2nd source of income. My kampung still have MANY cameras with different sizes, from spy cameras to the dinosaur of the 60s-70s made from solid wood.
I started learning photography when I was 10, using analog SLR Olympus OM1, OM2. Later Canon DSLRs EOS 630, 650(?), G5, etc.. lost count of them...
I use 3 cameras now :
1) EOS 1D (1st generation) with few L lens inherited from my father
2) Powershot S3 12x super-zoom
3) Pocket size Lumix FX38
I have holidays overseas once every year, my all time favourite is still the versatile & simple all-in-1 Powershot S3. No hassle of changing lens...
Am still considering a EOS 550D body or again, the all-in-1 Fujifilm HX10 "30x Super-zoom"... wahaha...shok !