On Aug 1, 2014, at 9:50 PM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Brian, Darren, and John for thoughts. Larry, I just think that an SLR > might be daunting for > a youngster, although I am sometimes inclined to give an older SLR (like an > SV with the accessory > meter) so that the basics can be learnt while still having quality results. > There is little more > disappointing for someone starting out than getting crap results, IMO. > Still debating! > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia >
John, I know many friends and family, young and old, who have been taking pictures for many years and have yet to get anything but crap results. These are the ones who think that you can take a camera and go do photography. If your granddaughter wants to learn photography, I think an DSLR would be ideal.It is much more intuitive to learn about focus by adjusting a ring on the lens, to learn about depth-of-field and f/ stops by adjusting a ring on the lens, to learn about shutter speeds by adjusting a dial on the camera body. If all of the mechanisms are buried in a menu system it is far more likely that she will set on auto-everything mode, she will be limited by the quality of the computer inside of the camera, and she will never improve the quality of the computer inside her head. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
