I would get her an OM-1 and coach her. That or an OM2000, OM-G or OM-10 with
manual. If she can use a digi-cam and run HTML she is more than able to
learn about film exposure and focussing a camera etc. To me, at 12, she is
at about the best age to start leaning too. In this "digital age" I think it
is more important than ever that kids learn things that go beyond pressing
buttons and a sort of "instant gratification" in a sense - hence I would
make sure it has a manual option. Zuiko 50mm/f1.8 standard lenses are cheap
and plentiful these days. Some of the Zuiko 35-70mm zooms I have seen now
and then are not that expensive either. That or a Kiron, which I have seen
for very reasonable prices too.
Cheers,
Lee
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From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: oly <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] a good OM for kids?
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 03:21:34 -0700
Tom's intrepid macro picture taking daughters is giving me an idea what I
should get for our first born's upcoming (in 3 months) 12 birthday.
Previously I have bought her a cheapie focus free camera (plus numerous
disposables for trips) and even a cheap 640x480 digi-cam. Now I am wondering
whether she can upgrade to a "real" camera.
I can of course give her the Pentax ZX-5, which I no longer use, after
coming back to OM-dom. Or may be I can get either a used OM-2000 or an OM-10
or OM-PC. I can't say she's too terribly mechanically inclined or anything
like that. I don't know whether she will like to learn manual focusing, and
exposure setting and all that stuff. OTOH, it's not like she is
technological challenged, being growing up in this computer age. In fact,
she knows more HTML than I do :-)
What are your recommendations? Of course if I decide to give her an OM, she
will have to wait to inherit my Zuikos :-) I will have to get her a 50/1.8
or something.
// richard http://www.imagecraft.com
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