[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Douglas Barry]

John, are you sure? I seem to remember there was an adaptor which was 
supposed to work.
Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Learning Camera


> Not much use on an M8, perhaps a LTM Canon or similar lens.....
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Pricey pricey, Lluis!! IMHO, that's crazy money to spend on a youngster 
> who's only getting her first camera and might drop it when the rest of the 
> photography class - and her teacher - all rush over to have a look at it 
> all at the same time.
> How about a 35mm MC Rokkor and adaptor which can be picked up for peanuts?
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Lluis Ripoll Photography" <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Learning Camera
>
>
>> Tina,
>>
>> Here is a offer for a Summicron C 40mm, IMHO an excellent lens for a M8 
>> at
>> a reasonable price and I think better quality than a Voigtlander
>>
>> <http://www.ebay.es/itm/LEICA-LEITZ-SUMMICRON-C-40mm-F-2-LENS-WETZLAR-GERMANY-W-HOOD-CAP-for-CL-CLE-/332026429946?hash=item4d4e5141fa:g:-uUAAOSwImRYIgVG
>> <http://www.ebay.es/itm/LEICA-LEITZ-SUMMICRON-C-40mm-F-2-LENS-WETZLAR-GERMANY-W-HOOD-CAP-for-CL-CLE-/332026429946?hash=item4d4e5141fa:g:-uUAAOSwImRYIgVG>>
>>
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>>
>>> El 29 nov 2016, a les 17:44, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> va 
>>> escriure:
>>>
>>> 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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