Today was an office day for me, meaning I sat on my computer and did a bunch of things that I've put on hold for months. One task, in particular, was to update my camera equipment on Kit, a site I use to allow you guys to keep up with my equipment. It took forever to make my "kit" current. It wasn't that I was adding more gear to it, what slowed me down was the fact that I had so much to delete. Over the last 3 years, I've honestly bought and sold soooo much, it's kind of sad and a lot of people have given me flack for it, but what I've learned to understand is that you have to own the equipment that best suit your goal at that given point. My goals often change and my gear followed suit. Anyway, I thought it would be cool to share with you guys every camera that I've ever owned, why I bought it and why I sold it (or kept it). Perhaps this can give you some insight on what camera to buy next... or maybe which one not to.

The Canon T3i was my first camera. Back then I really had no idea what I wanted to do, but I was impressed by how those on YouTube were able to create with this camera body. I think at the time it was like $600... Which was an insane amount of money, but I was able to pick one up refurbished for around $480 or so.

The camera absolutely sucked... Well, I did at least. I had a 50mm 1.8 to go along with it and after a week or so I sold it because my results (both pictures and video) were nowhere close to those who I saw creating with it. I sold it within a month.

The T4i came less than 2 months after the T3i purchase. I had come to the conclusion that the T3i was a poor man's camera and that I needed the latest and greatest. I ditched the 50mm f/1.8 and copped a zoom, I needed one that was a constant aperture, or at least that's what the people online told me. I grabbed the Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 and that was my kit for about 6 months. It sat in my room, on a Manfrotto tripod along with a Rode VideoMic Pro... It looked cool, but I never used it. I had dreams of being a cinematographer and I was fine with them being dreams. Here's the only thing I've ever filmed on it. I kept this camera for a year or so, despite its minimal use.