I would agree, get a basic DSLR and a manual focus lens (used if cost is
an issue) and go from there.
jco
On 8/2/2014 7:41 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
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
--
J.C. O'Connell
[email protected]
--
--
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.
