[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Tina Manley]

Her photo class requires digital.  A Voightlander is a good idea.

Thanks,

Tina

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 11:47 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> Get a Voightlander lens for the M8? Else an old film SLR....
>
> john
>
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> LUG:
>
> My granddaughter is 15 and into all things artistic.  She is taking
> photography in high school and is very interested, following me around
> asking lots of good questions.
>
> I'd like to get her a good camera for Christmas that she can use to learn.
> She's very interested in f stops and focal lengths and the differences
> they make.
>
> One choice would be to give her one of my old M8's but the disadvantage to
> that is that she will not be able to afford extra lenses for it.  I have an
> old Elmar 65/3.5 that I would include but I don't have a lot of surplus
> lenses.
>
> Is there another digital camera out there that would be good for learning
> apertures, speeds, focal lengths?  Most of them are so automatic you don't
> ever have to know what those are but she wants to know!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
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