I tried SLR's for my girls - now 14 & 16. The cost of film/processing was killing me. They were very willing to shoot all the film I would give them. Most of it very exploratory. Since getting them digital P&S's, they have had much more fun learning and exploring and I have had much more fun not paying for lot's of silly shots. The bottom end Optio (whatever that is now) would be more than adequate. One daughter has a Canon A10 (1.3MP) and the other has an Optio 230 (2MP). You can get a reasonable 5X7 out of either camera. They shoot to their heart's content. You win all the way around.
-- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, December 4, 2003, 12:43:25 PM, you wrote: TMP> LOL!! There DOES seem to be a few of us PDML'ers who are growing too tall TMP> for their hair! TMP> BTW, Sylwek, both of my boys have inherited a love of photography from their TMP> mum. My 5yo is BEGGING for a camera for Christmas. Actually, I know it's TMP> OT, but anyone have any suggestions? Pentax only of course, (must get him TMP> into good habits! lol)and not an SLR, they are still too heavy for him, TMP> although he has been known to take some pretty cool shots with my PZ-20, TMP> must post some one time... TMP> tan. TMP> ----- Original Message ----- TMP> From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TMP> To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TMP> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:53 AM TMP> Subject: Re: Faces to names... >> On 4/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> >> >He has good eye, I think there is a chence for him to become great >> >photographer as his mum :-) In turn here is me: >> >> http://sylwekp.republika.pl/images/Ja01.jpg >> >> >Best Regards >> >Sylwek >> >> Hey Sylwek, >> >> Crikey mate, you don't need that flash on top of your MZ-S, just scrim >> the old forehead down a bit with some black cloth - should work a treat TMP> ;-) >> >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty (who does that all the time......) >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps >> _____________________________ >> Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk >>