[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Mark Rabiner]

I would bring her to the camera store and let her pick out her own camera.
It's all about her not us.

If someone picked out a camera for me I'd strangle them with my bare hands
with gratitude. Its really quite a presumptuous insult.
We need to stop treating kids like they're sub humans. Those days are past.


On 11/29/16 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 Jayanand¹s suggestion, and also John¹s 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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