Im retired last year and have been doing photography from my school days , with a basic point and shoot camera , in mid 80 s i progressed to a Canon A1 , up to where i progressed to a Nikon D90 my first Digital DSLR ,I up graded in 2015 to a D500 a big leap at that time im currently still using the D500 , until i upgrade may be to new mirror less camera the newer Z8 I have now purchased a Z8