As I dug through my old photos to precisely date my lost Instagram years, it occurred to me that I hadn’t documented anywhere all the digital cameras I’ve been using since 2005. So here’s that list in a nice timeline for future reference.

I don’t just have a timeline, I actually have a record of the first date on which I took a photo using each of these cameras. So, for completeness’ sake…

1. Olympus µ-20: 4 Jan 2005

2. Sony Ericsson K750i: 6 May 2006

3. Canon IXUS 120 IS: 23 Aug 2008

4. BlackBerry Bold 9000: 25 Jun 2009

5. HTC Desire HD: 27 Nov 2011

6. Apple iPhone 4: 1 Dec 2012

7. Samsung Galaxy S III: 2 Feb 2013

8. Samsung Galaxy Note 4: 9 Nov 2014

9. Google Pixel XL: 2 Nov 2016

10. Google Pixel 3XL: 18 Dec 2018

11. Google Pixel 6 Pro: 28 Oct 2021

Fun times, and some really good photos too – the oldest of which you can see on my Flickr photostream, by the way (which I don’t post to anymore).

I look forward to seeing which camera – smartphone-based or otherwise – I get next.

UPDATE: I bought a new camera, a Fujifilm X-S10, in December 2022.