Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/19

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Camera for 5 year old
From: FELIXMATURANA at telefonica.net (Félix López de Maturana)
Date: Sat Mar 19 08:58:04 2005
References: <200503191239.j2JCYpE9085998@server1.waverley.reid.org>

>When my daughter was that age, she had a ball with a little Pentax 110 
>slr kit.  She was a very grownup and careful kid and spent great amounts 
>of time setting up "sets" and taking Barbie and doll-related pictures.  
>She would dress up the dog and take endless shots of the poor, suffering 
>beast.  I had a little kit with a few lenses and flash for her.  I was 
>apprehensive about her handling the small pieces of this little rig but 
>it actually seemed to fit her just right and was easily managed.  The 
>fact that it was more than just a toy-like camera/system seemed to 
>instill some respect for the equipment and I'm glad I approached it the 
>way I did back then (she'll turn 27 next week!).  She has turned out to 
>be an excellent photographer with a good eye, good technique and a 
>steady hand.  I think that most of the basics were learned with that 
>little camera.

Craig

But this *is* a true film camera SLR manual focus with different lenses. 
I have a complete set that still works properly and although is more and 
more find out film and labs is still a usable camera. The only 110 
camera -perhaps including some Rollei and Minolta- that did worth.

Felix