I was relatively late giving up film for good. At some point earlier on I got a couple of early generation digital point and shoots at yard sales, which I found useful for non serious stuff like keeping track of the parts of some machine I was fixing, or posting pictures to forums on things like how I added a leaf spring to my Jeep or the like. My first digital was a Kodak with something like 1.2 megapixel sensor, and not even close to continuous shooting. In 2012 my wife and I needed something compact that worked underwater and got a couple of new Fujis that worked under water, and the ease of packing as well as the ability to take lots of pictures was nice. The change came in 2014 when we set off for the Galapagos and beyond. I got a D3200 and my wife a D7100 (she had some earlier AF lenses and wanted the screw drive).. A couple of years later she tired of the D7100's tiny buffer and I of the D3200's limitations and a tendency for the high ISO noise to cause ragged edges, so she got a D7200 and I took over the 7100, and that's how we have remained for the last 8 years or so. She's getting weary of the weight, and thinking of lighter mirrorless cameras, so I might end up with the D7200, but that's yet to happen, and I might succumb to the urge to go mirrorless too, for the combination of more compact travel and the ability to use interesting old lenses.
My D7100 is getting pretty worn, and has a pretty high shutter count, but you never know. In my experience if you wait until a Nikon camera breaks, you may never get a new one. I used an F for 40 plus years, and if I'd waited for it to break, I'd be up to 60. I like new machinery, but at the same time there's an advantage to something older. Less tragedy if lost or stolen, and I can change settings in the dark.
