Never had a nikon till recently, have a "bridge" camera Igot a few months ago. Also called super Zoom.
For 35mm and digital, I've always used Pentax, that's what I got started on. Somebody gave me a 35mm Pentax K1000, been at it ever since, around 35 years now.
Pentax is the only one that didnt change their lens mounts when they went digital, so I'm still using the same Pentax 50mm lens I used over 30 years ago on a 35mm camera, and several older kmouont and M42 scrw mount lenses too. Couple of inexpensive adapters and I can use m42 and T mount lenses.
Currently using the K30 DSLR, love it. Only have one weather resistant lens, but I can put that one ona nd use it in the rain. Have a couple of 50mm lenses, 2 or 3 at 135mm both Kmount and M42, a 200mm and 300mm M42, and a 50mm T mount that I just got recently. Have a couple others but don't use them much, and use various combinations of lenses and extension tubes to get macro shots.
Might come out pretty big, for some reason the size tags haven't been working right but here is a sample.
Taken with Pentax Kx DSLR before I got the K30, and a Vivitar 200mm M42 lens.

Current camera, K30, grabbed this one of a Red Bellied woodpecker.
