Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I'd agree with that Voigtlander idea as the XE-2 solution means you'd have to stump up money to buy a body and a lens, and, well, as you have an M8 sitting at home in Sth Trumpolina.... :-) Sorry, couldn't resist... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Learning Camera > 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 >