Your masochism knows no bounds. > On 08 March 2018 at 16:36 Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At the same time I was learning photography I was also starting to read > French literature... > > > On 8 Mar 2018, at 15:57, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You crack me up, Bob! That's a great line ...! :-) > > > > When I was that age, I'd already bought my own first camera (a Minolta 16-P > > which cost me the grand sum of $19 at Camera Craft in New Rochelle, NY), > > having been given a couple of Kodak cameras before then. But I wanted > > something more adjustable. My mother loaned me her Argus C3... with which I > > learned a great deal about ruining film until I figured out how to work > > aperture, shutter speed, and focus. AND remembered to wind on to the next > > frame before re-cocking the shutter. > > > > There really isn't a modern equivalent. I'd never start a youngster on a > > 35mm film camera nowadays, and any digital camera today has way more > > capabilities and automation ... And the expectations of young people today > > are quite different from my expectations of a camera in 1968. > > > > However, as a teacher of photography, my goal in getting people who are > > interested started out is to let them begin with focus and understanding > > light, and understanding the difference between what your eyes see and what > > the camera might record. Nothing on the market today would start a young > > person off with a better basic understanding of those things than an > > instant film camera with manual focus, and it would also serve to give them > > the immediate return on their effort that is so important to the learning > > experience. Something like the Lomo Instant Square I obtained recently or a > > Polaroid SX-70 with the Polaroid Original film would do a great job of > > teaching these things, and would also be special, different, from the > > smartphone experience in ways that would be beneficial to learning how to > > be patient, how to be economical of exposures, and how to "look, think, and > > consider" before shooting. > > > > G > > — > > No matter where you go, there you are. > > > > > >> On Mar 8, 2018, at 7:22 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Sounds like he needs an adult real-life lesson that will leave him feeling > >> inadequate, unloved and in despair at the pointlessness of existence, so > >> anything by Pentax will do. > >> > >> When I was about that age someone bought me an Instamatic, which quickly > >> frustrated me, but one of my schoolfriends had an Olympus Pen-F (the > >> half-frame one) and we could use the school darkroom, so I learned a bit > >> with that. There is a digital version now - something like that would > >> probably be good. > >> > >> B > >> > >>> On 8 Mar 2018, at 14:31, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> A sister has asked me for advice on a beginning camera for her grandson. > >>> He’s 12, intelligent, creative, self-disciplined—all-in-all pretty > >>> precocious about many things. I have my own thoughts, which may not be > >>> best, but wondered what y’all might recommend. > >>>
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