Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];-) She is a teen-aged girl! Tina On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks for all of the advice, guys. I knew I could count on you. > > > > I found a used 50/2.8 Elmarit for $349. That seems like a good starting > > lens to me. It's silver and the M8 that I'm giving her is silver. > > Say no more Tina, after all, that is the number one requirement to get a > good image. > . > > > going to give it to her with the understanding that she will USE it and > if > > she ever decides she is not interested in photography, she will either > give > > it back to me or pass it on to somebody who will use it. I doubt that > will > > happen, though. She is really very interested and intense. > > > > It will be fun getting together a package of everything she will need to > > take photos. > > > > Tom and I have had the flu (caught from Red in Charleston) I'm much > better > > but he's still pretty sick - going to the doctor tomorrow. > > Being sick makes you realize how much worse this stuff hits OLD people!! > > > > Tina > > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > >> John, are you sure? I seem to remember there was an adaptor which was > >> supposed to work. > >> Douglas > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:18 PM > >> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Learning Camera > >> > >> > >> Not much use on an M8, perhaps a LTM Canon or similar lens..... > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> > >>> Pricey pricey, Lluis!! IMHO, that's crazy money to spend on a youngster > >>> who's only getting her first camera and might drop it when the rest of > the > >>> photography class - and her teacher - all rush over to have a look at > it > >>> all at the same time. > >>> How about a 35mm MC Rokkor and adaptor which can be picked up for > peanuts? > >>> > >>> Douglas > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> > >>>> From: "Lluis Ripoll Photography" <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> > >>>> > >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 6:50 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Learning Camera > >>> > >>> > >>> Tina, > >>>> > >>>> Here is a offer for a Summicron C 40mm, IMHO an excellent lens for a > M8 > >>>> at > >>>> a reasonable price and I think better quality than a Voigtlander > >>>> > >>>> <http://www.ebay.es/itm/LEICA-LEITZ-SUMMICRON-C-40mm-F-2-LEN > >>>> S-WETZLAR-GERMANY-W-HOOD-CAP-for-CL-CLE-/332026429946?hash= > >>>> item4d4e5141fa:g:-uUAAOSwImRYIgVG > >>>> <http://www.ebay.es/itm/LEICA-LEITZ-SUMMICRON-C-40mm-F-2-LEN > >>>> S-WETZLAR-GERMANY-W-HOOD-CAP-for-CL-CLE-/332026429946?hash= > >>>> item4d4e5141fa:g:-uUAAOSwImRYIgVG>> > >>>> > >>>> Lluis > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> El 29 nov 2016, a les 17:44, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> va > >>>>> escriure: > >>>>> > >>>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html