Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Whether she is deserving of your M-4 or not may not be the best way of putting it... I would be more concerned whether the M-4 will help her develop her vision more at this point or be a stumbling block in her current path... Having too many eq choices or learning RF and SLR at the same time may confuse things further... Second... I'm one who believes that things that are earned are much more valuable than ones that are given... And sometimes as a parent it is better to let kids earn things or sell it at a reduced price like an M-4 than to give it outright.... besides that... can she afford the lenses??? Kids that are given everything tend to be more arrogant and spoiled later on in life and tend to expect to be given things or certain levels of service etc... Besides that People tend to take better care of things that are earned and paid for than gifts.... But you know your daughter and her boyfreind better than anyone else on the LUG.. As a minor quible on the site.... I really do not like photo websites where you have to go click on numbered image names and then click on the back button after viewing every image.... I tire of doing that quickly and am much more likely to leave the site before viewing everything as I did with your daughters... But I tire faster with more artsy images like the diner series... Either way... I'd think more about the other issues above than whether her work is worthy of your old M-4.. Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador Duane's Photographs of Ecuador http://duane_birkey.tripod.com Tina Wrote: >Hi, LUGnuts - > >This is off-topic because she's not using Leicas - yet. My youngest >daughter is the only one of my four offspring who has >developed an interest >in photography. Her boyfriend set up a web site for her and she would >welcome criticism and comments. I think her work is wonderful >but I may be >slightly prejudiced. I'm considering giving her a "real" >camera - my old >M4. What do you think? > >http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/photoweb/