[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Tina Manley]

You're right.  I forgot about that.  She doesn't need to mess with a
Visoflex yet!!

Thanks,

Tina

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:50 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> I thought the 65mm needed a Visoflex to work? Also only a portrait lens on
> an M8... Don't forget the UV/IR filters if shooting in colour
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I second Jayanand’s suggestion, and also John’s of getting her a 35mm
> Voigtlander lens for the M8 if you prefer to steer her the Leica way. I
> think the 65mm Elmar by itself would not be that useful, whereas a 35mm (or
> a 28mm) would work much better on the M8 as an all-around lens.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
>
> > On 29 Nov 2016, at 18:06, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I would suggest a Fuji XE2, bought used, with a 35mm f2 (50mm
> > equivalent) to start with. B&H are selling the Fuji lens new at
> > US$299, a raging bargain if I ever saw one! This will make a
> > lightweight, compact starter system, with excellent components, and
> > all manual controls individually available, including excellent focus
> > peaking to aid manual focus. You can buy her a Fuji made M adapter later
> for her to try your lenses.
> >
> > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801263229-USE/fujifilm_16404791
> > _x_e2_mirrorless_digital_camera.html
> >
> > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1191420-REG/fujifilm_xf_35mm_f_
> > 2_r.html
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 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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> >>
>
>
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