Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Her photo class requires digital. A Voightlander is a good idea. Thanks, Tina On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 11:47 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > Get a Voightlander lens for the M8? Else an old film SLR.... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html