[Leica] Best Learning Camera

Wed Nov 30 15:21:13 PST 2016

> On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ;-)   She is a teen-aged girl!


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> 
> 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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