Why film? I took a small Sony U60 digital with me to Peru recently. It was small, compact, and quick to use. Your 11 year old grand daughter is probably proficient in the use of computers. This little Sony is great. As for a film camera, I would suggest the Olympus Stylus Epic.
Jim A. > From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:52:04 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: P&S for grand-daughter? > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:52:12 -0500 > > I've been advised my 11 year old G'dr would like a "real" camera for > Christmas... > Her mom says, no interchangeable lenses, etc., and while she's not a > Luddite, necessarily, she doesn't think her daughter is really ready for > all the purely mechanical business... It may be that MOM is not ready... <g> > So, gifting her with one of my nice mechanicals (MG, MV) is out of the > picture. For now. > > In the meanwhile, who has an idea of a simple, 35mm film version, fully > auto P&S Pentax, with perhaps a 3X zoom lens. > Assuming all the Pentax lenses are of equal capability in that camera > line, does it all boil down to price? > > ARE the lenses equal to each other in the P&S category? Is any one > better than the other? > > I'll head off to the Pentax site, but thought I'd ask here first, to see > if some consensus can be developed... > > Thanks ahead of time, > > keith whaley >
