Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I was thinking of getting a Russian Leica copy camera for my 8 year old >to use. The LOMO I bought her never worked well and I want to get >something a little more rugged and dependable. no man no! get them an agfa e-smile digital camera for $99 and let them shoot all day and night. the russian copies are as easy to use as a iiib, which means you'll get roll after roll of out of focus images at 25 cents a shutter click AND you'll get to cut leaders for your trouble AND load the camera for them every time. take my word for it, kids -- digital. push button, picture comes up, they're happy. they're taking pictures. if you must get them a film camera i'd go again with the olympus stylus epic -- nice AF, very compact, built in flash -- and if you HAVE to get them a rangefinder, check out the canon ql17, they're about $40 used and have a very nice quickloading feature with a fixed 40mm f 1.7 lens. my .02 or less, kc