[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Lluis Ripoll Photography]

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A good choice could be a Summicron C 40mm, it is an excellent and cheap lens
Lluis



> El 29 nov 2016, a les 19:37, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> va escriure:
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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>> On 29 Nov 2016, at 18:06, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801263229-USE/fujifilm_16404791_x_e2_mirrorless_digital_camera.html
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>> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1191420-REG/fujifilm_xf_35mm_f_2_r.html
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>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
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>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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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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