[Leica] Best Learning Camera

[Tina Manley]

;-)   She is a teen-aged girl!

Tina

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> > On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Say no more Tina, after all, that is the number one requirement to get a
> good image.
> .
>
> > 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> 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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