[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Don Dory]

Welcome back to the States and dry land.  I think the least expensive
option would be one of the digital Olympus Pen series or one of the first
Fuji digitals.  Pair that with the appropriate adapter and she could use
one of your old Minolta lenses or pick up a manual 28 or 35mm lens from the
film days.  Manual focus and essentially manual or aperture priority.  Not
a lot of money invested and could probably be sold near what you paid.
Assign some homework on dpreview.com to find what works best for her.  I
wouldn't start her out on an M8 unless she has been using your M6's in a
prior artistic endeavor.

All the best...

On Nov 29, 2016 1:51 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
>>
>> --
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-
>> 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
>>


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