This is my Camera

The audio and/or video data acquisition device which I use at this moment is my camera.  There are many like it, but the one which I am using now is mine.
 I must master my camera as I must master my life.   Without my camera, I am unable to document family, friends, ideas, thoughts, and work.  Without my camera it would be as if I never existed at all.
My camera, without me, is useless.
I will continue to learn its accessories, components, lenses, limitations, operation, settings, sights,  strengths,  and weaknesses. I will keep my camera and kit clean and ready to serve at a moment’s notice or after meticulous planning.

My camera is as important to me as the life which I lead.  It is a constant ally, historian, mentor,  teacher, and witness.  My camera is a manifestation of the creator and destroyer of worlds as it can do both of these things.  Learning my camera is learning ten thousand things.

Like the woodsman with his axe, the rifleman and his weapon, Stelarc and his third ear, we have become part of each other.  We are inseparable. 
Nikon D800e
D800e