The book appears to be quite good. But I think a digital camera is a must. Kids live online, and he’ll undoubtedly want to post digital photos. Instant cameras are old people toys. A good phone is better than many point and shoots. My iPhone 7 allows extensive rendering options with the provided apps. Add on apps expand that capability.
Paul > On Mar 8, 2018, at 6:26 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > You obviously know nothing of masochism and rope... > >> On 8 Mar 2018, at 18:51, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. >>>>>> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- > 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. -- 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.
