[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Tina Manley]

Thanks for all of the advice, guys.  I knew I could count on you.

I found a used 50/2.8 Elmarit for $349.  That seems like a good starting
lens to me.  It's silver and the M8 that I'm giving her is silver.  I'm
going to give it to her with the understanding that she will USE it and if
she ever decides she is not interested in photography, she will either give
it back to me or pass it on to somebody who will use it.  I doubt that will
happen, though.  She is really very interested and intense.

It will be fun getting together a package of everything she will need to
take photos.

Tom and I have had the flu (caught from Red in Charleston)  I'm much better
but he's still pretty sick - going to the doctor tomorrow.
Being sick makes you realize how much worse this stuff hits OLD people!!

Tina

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> 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-LEN
>>> S-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-LEN
>>> S-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
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> www.tinamanley.com
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>>>> A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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