Re: [Leica] Camera for a 10 y.o.

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca>]

Keep in mind we are talking about a 10 year old, not a teenager.  There's a
difference.

dan c.

At 12:30 PM 05-08-01 -0300, you wrote:
>on 5/8/01 10:54 AM, lea at lea@whinydogpress.com wrote:
>
>> OH yes, smart and all that...I had my daughter in her high chair in the
>> darkroom
>> with me when she was only 9 months old...she loved seeing the light go
on and
>> off.
>> 
>> And I'm not saying kids aren't savvy but who amongst us would hand their
kid a
>> Porsche without teaching them to drive first?
>> 
>> There is a proper order to all things.
>> Lea
>
>
>Sure, Lea...but "proper order"  would not mean that every kid would be
>needing the same thing at the same time...so you should decide it in
>accordance with a specific kid. It's very hard to state that kids need to
>start with this or that camera ...
>
>Some kids appreciate doing it all by themselves, setting speeds, apertures,
>advancing film, focusing, rewinding film and so on...some other hate that.
>I'd say that making the kids play with tools would increase loving tools, so
>caring those tools and appreciate the whole labor around the photo gear.
>All this stuff will lead kids to feel like a commitment...with the general
>photo stuff... IMO.
>
>regards
>
>Pablo
>
>