Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Recommended wanted: 1st camera for 10 year old
From: George Day <george@rdcinteractive.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 18:38:29 +0000
 
Something simple and mechanical.  Great starter cameras include: Canon
FTb/ql; Nikon FM; Pentax K1000.  Personally, I'd go with the Canon, because
FD lenses are mostly very good and very, very affordable (read: he can drop
them, lose them, etc. and you won't get too upset) and plentiful.

on 8/3/01 11:41 PM, Andrew Schroter at schroter@optonline.net wrote:

> My nephew recently celebrated his tenth birthday and seemed interested in
> taking picturres using my R8. Does anyone have a suggestion regarding a
> camera that might be a good 1st camera for him?  Are there any good
> introductory books for a person that age?
>