Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought my daughter a Holga since she wants to be a Hipster. Didn't stick. I would give her an OM-1 and 50 rolls of Tri-X and however much to develop the film and scanned :-) On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > LOL! Of course! Makes a good story if anyone swallows it! > There is an element of truth in it, though, like the disappearing Fujis! > My youngest niece, aged 9, has also demanded a camera as a birthday > present in January. Anyone got any ideas on what is a good starter > camera for someone that age? > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Richard Man > <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > Is that the "dragging and screaming to new cameras" sense? :-) > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Howard, > >> You hit the nail on the head. I have two sons and any amount of > >> nephews/nieces who think they have every right to filch my cameras and > >> lenses as and when they want. In fact the new ones usually come in > >> when the ones in use disappear! In the last few months, both my X Pro > >> 1 and XE 1 have been nationalized by my two sons, virtually forcing > >> me, against my wishes, of course, to order an XE 2...(-: > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 6:46 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> > wrote: > >> > Hi Richard, > >> > I have four children - three of them with partners - and that's where > >> the old cameras go. > >> > Cheers > >> > Howard > >> > > >> > Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 23:49:58 -0800 > >> > From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > >> > Subject: [Leica] What do YOU do with "last year's cameras"? > >> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> > > >> > I notice that a number of LUGgers have the latest stuff - NEXs, EM-5, > A7, > >> > sometimes serially. > >> > > >> > (strangely, I don't think anyone has a RX-1?) > >> > > >> > Just wondering if y'all just pass down the stuff to relatives and > >> friends, > >> > or sell them, or?? > >> > > >> > Note that I am not criticizing anyone for swapping cameras. As far as > I > >> am > >> > concerned, it's all good by me :-) > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto