Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Camera for a 10 y.o.
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 16:39:50 -0700
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lea wrote:

> I'd get him an Olympus Stylus, 25 rolls of film with developing and some photo
> albums. That will encourage him to shoot. As the prints come back from the lab,
> sit down with him, put the pics in albums and talk about what worked and what
> didn't.
>
> He'll learn far more this way than handing him a camera with buttons and dials
> that make no sense.

> It all takes time. Don't rush it. For a kid, the joy is in the pictures, not the
> tools.
> Lea
>


Lea,  I agree moslty.  There are some kids for whom the process is as important as
the results (my younger daughter, for example).  But I definitely would not
sacrifice results for the sake of the process.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

In reply to: Message from "JR Geoffrion" <JR@Geoffrion.com> ([Leica] Camera for a 10 y.o.)
Message from lea <lea@whinydogpress.com> (Re: [Leica] Camera for a 10 y.o.)