Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]eeeek !!! as the person who started all this....can i just ask whether we can all get along ? i was simply interested in people's views on getting their kids a camera ! i think there were some common responses: 1. don't spend too much because kids can lose, abuse, and get abused. i think doug sent in the most graphic reasons for that. 2. make it easy for them to get pictures that excite them. i forget the name of the poster who pointed out the advantages of aperature priority automation, but i thought that was a really good point. 3. manual cameras allow kids to figure out what does what when making photographs. several people pointed that out and it crossed over in a sense with the dentists discussion. they seem like good starting points ! it was certainly interesting to see how people approached a common situation (parent wanting to assist child in exploring photography). whatever...i wish you all wonderful light !! mark