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Subject: [Leica] Best Learning Camera
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 22:38:39 -0000
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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
>
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In reply to: Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Best Learning Camera)
Message from john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster) ([Leica] Best Learning Camera)