I have four children. 3 of the 4 have their own cameras. They are aged 18, 16 and 9. The 18 and 16 year old girls are with me right now to help shooting a wedding tomorrow. The 9 year old has interest in spurts. I also have a 5 year old who exhibits about the same interest as my 9 year old.
I would strongly recommend that for younger children you get a digital camera that can display the image on the camera after. My younger ones don't usually even care what happens to the image later on, but are keenly interested right at the time of shooting. I tried a film camera before that and the interest quickly died. -- Bruce Friday, April 14, 2006, 11:30:31 AM, you wrote: SB> Boris ... it would seem that you (should) know your child better than any SB> of us. All kids are different. My niece loved the little camera I gave SB> her, and used it for a while. A friend's son thought a camera was the SB> stupidest gift he could ever have received, much preferring music oriented SB> items. Bruce's kids seem to enjoy photography, and, it seems, have SB> developed some preferences for the type of cameras they like. Just get her SB> the camera and see what happens ... SB> Shel >> [Original Message] >> From: Boris Liberman >> Ladies and Gents, the PESO by Fred reminded me of my rather crazy >> idea... I am thinking of giving my daughter a camera as a birthday >> present for her 5th birthday. Something simple, inexpensive yet capable >> of taking real pictures. >> >> Do you think a 5 y.o. kid would enjoy such a gift? Any personal >> experience to share?
