![camera, collection, DMC-LX3, S30, S80, S95, DMC-LF1, Panasonic, Canon](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/20200603.jpg)
I purchased my first digital camera in January 2002, one month after a big economic crisis hit Argentina. How I wish I’d had that Canon PowerShot S30 when things got crazy! The S30 may have been low res by today’s standards, but what a fantastic camera. Unfortunately the lens jammed & rendered the camera useless.
Over the years I upgraded to a Canon SuperShot G3 (still works, a brick of a camera), a Canon EOS Digital Rebel (left in Argentina), a Canon PowerShot S80 (might work if I could recharge it!), switched to a Panasonic DMC-LX3 (still around, probably my best camera ever), back to a Canon PowerShot S95 (basically fell apart piece by piece), then a Panasonic DMC-LF1 (dust got inside the lens but still ok). These days I’m not sure if I should stick with Panasonic, go back to Canon, try another brand altogether, or just stick to the cell phone. Decisions, decisions…
Anyway, I probably don’t treat my cameras as well as I should… but they are always at hand to document where work or vacation takes me. By coincidence, I realized that I’d taken a photo on this particular day every year since 2002. How is that possible? The fact that we can look back & see where we were at different points in our life is amazing. Probably something we’d never be able to do if cameras were still analog only. Whether I was traveling with friends, working, packing up after my mom passed away or investigating material for a new Endless Mile guide, these pics bring back lots of memories:
![España, Spain, Medinaceli, 2002](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2002.jpg)
![Portugal, Lisboa, Lisbon, 2003](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2003.jpg)
![España, Spain, Madrid, 2004](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2004.jpg)
![Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2005](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2005.jpg)
![Argentina, Buenos Aires, suprema maryland, 2006](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2006.jpg)
![Argentina, Buenos Aires, Flores, cementerio, 2007](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2007.jpg)
![Australia, Sydney, 2008](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2008.jpg)
![USA, Iowa, Centerville, 2009](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2009.jpg)
![España, Spain, Jerez de la Frontera, 2010](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2010.jpg)
![Argentina, Buenos Aires, Art Nouveau, 2011](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2011.jpg)
![Argentina, Buenos Aires, Chacarita, 2012](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2012.jpg)
![España, Spain, Catalunya, Barcelona, 2013](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2013.jpg)
![Portugal, Porto, 2014](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2014.jpg)
![España, Spain, Catalunya, Barcelona, La Diada, 2015](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2015.jpg)
![España, Spain, Andalucía, Granada, 2016](https://endlessmile.com/images/201701/2016.jpg)
How have you documented your own life? Take a look back at your first digital photos for a fun bit of time travel… I do it all the time.