All that changed shortly after idly browsing eBay, I found you could get a digital SLR for what was at the time (2005) 'silly money'. A Nikon D1 first caught my attention, before I finally settled on a Canon D30, having made the decision, now was the time to swap mounts from Pentax. The D30 was Canons first 'prosumer' digital SLR body, launched in 2000, offering a clean noise free 3mp and getting me onto the long deep slide into the world of digital slrs. The only problem is then it becomes addictive, you need lenses, memory, batteries, flashgun, lenses, memory, lenses, cleaning equipment, and did I say lenses? Thank god for eBay cheap internet shopping, I've already built up a much better set up than I ever did with years of a film SLR. Late 2006 I found myself upgrading to a Canon 400D, a bit smaller and not so 'sturdy' as the D30, but offering much higher MP counts, bigger screen, and a host of other features. Though going from the D30 the 'battery grip' was definitely a requirement for the 400D for me.
My current setup includes
Canon EOS 400D digital SLR body - 10mp
YXTM 400D grip (looks like the Canon one, but 1/3 price)
Canon EOS D30 digital SLR body - 3mp
Canon EOS 500N 35mm film SLR
Canon CanoSound 514-XLS Cine Camera
Canon G2 compact - 4mp
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro
Canon EF 70-200 F4L USM
Tamron 70-300 f4-5.6 572D
Tokina 19-35 f3.5-4.5 AF193
Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f4
Canon Speedlite 430EZ
Canon Speedlite 540EZ
Sunpak DX 8R Ring Flash