Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ask the parents what sort of film budget they're going to swing. Also, $100 cameras often don't have accurate/working meters -- so that might mean additional money for a light meter. (If they don't have an "extra" already.) If the film budget is only 2 rolls a month, it'll be hard for the kid to learn. (My opinion.) Personally, I thought the recommendation of digital ala Canon G3 (or similar) was a great idea. Full manual controls, -- and they're not too fiddly either, just click the fingerwheel and change the aperture or shutter -- instant feedback, and some zoom & macro to boot. With all that, the kid is in complete control. If money is a concern, tell them to sell the drumset to finance the camera gig. ;^) James Carpenter Tyler, TX --- Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote: > I have a slew of Minoltas, but the postage would kill the > budget ;-). > Still, the XD7 (it was a different model in USA) and the > X700's are > fine cameras. I am especially fond of the "7" and len quality > in the > Minolta range is not shabby either. Good workhorses, and the > "7" is > almost a Leica ;-) > > Cheers > On 07/01/2005, at 5:14 AM, Wade Heninger wrote: > > > A friend of mine has a kid just getting into photography. > They want > > to get > > an manual SLR camera with a 50 mm lens. > > > > > > > > I was thinking of a Pentax ME Super, MX, Spotmatic or K1000, > or an > > equivalent camera from oly, canon or Nikon. > > > > > > > > If you've got one you'd like to part with let me know. > Their budget is > > around $100, but after he told me the tale of the $1000 drum > set that > > is no > > longer used, I understand why he is limiting his initial > investment. > > > > > > > > :: w a d e h e n i n g e r > > > > :: i n t e r a c t i o n d e s i g n > > > > :: a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c .