Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wade, This sounds like a very cool kid. ?No rangefinder in his future? Bill Parsons (cell) 617-680-2779 |+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------| || "Wade Heninger" | | || <lists@heninger.org> | ? ? ? ? To: ? ? ? ?"'Leica Users | || Sent by: | Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> | || lug-bounces+bparsons=jhanco| ? ? ? ? cc: | || ck.com@leica-users.org | ? ? ? ? Subject: ? ? ? ?RE: [Leica] | || | WTB - Starter Camera for 12 yr old | || 01/06/2005 04:04 PM | | || Please respond to "Leica | | || Users Group" | | |+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------| > > It seems to me that your friend should have a talk with the kid re a > digital camera. ?I would think a 12-year-old would consign a non-digital > camera to the closet with the drums in pretty short time. > If they spent a grand on the drums, maybe they can raise the stakes a > bit. > Examples I might suggest are Canon G3, used; Panasonic (Leica zoom) > DMC-FZ10, used. > These are nice cameras and can be used in manual mode. ?They are > expensive > enough that, even used, they should be in good condition. > > If I were 12 and getting a camera, I'd want one like my friends have, that > shows the picture right away. ?In addition, the savings from film > processing and prints in a few months will pay for almost any camera > being > considered. The family has a digital camera or two lying around to use if he wants. He is more interested in learning the basics, and that is so much easier to do with a manual SLR. If he gets into it, he'll move up to something else. The PS digitals have too much crap on them and most just shoot in automatic because it's a pain to change anything with all those menus, screens and such. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information