Going with others in the now closed iBob thread. I vote for Pentax K1000, super plentiful, cheap lenses. Fully manual. It's what I learned film on, being a recent beginner myself. The light meter was off by a couple stops on mine but I was able to adjust the ISO and make up for it, shot many many rolls on it happily. Only recently sold it because I found another on craigslist to see if the meter worked better on it(it did), but it also came in a lot with an Canon AE-1(did not care for the system, shutter priority is not my thing), and a Minolta X-700(really liked the system and decided to keep it also aperture priority yay! and rokkor glass is very nice) and sold the rest for store credit to get a nicer large format camera. Toyo 45CF, in case anyone is curious :)
I think you'd do great with a fully manual such as K1000, FM2, or OM1 as Matthew said, then upgrade from there. --ben On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 2:08 PM Paul Richardson <pjrichard...@gmail.com> wrote: > i'll cast a vote for a canon ae-1. easy to come by, very beginner > friendly, and, with some basic understanding of the exposure triangle, not > too difficult to get nice looking photos that were obviously not taken on > an iphone. i say forget the flash and try higher iso film if she wants to > shoot in low light. > > paul > takoma park, md. > On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 2:56:21 PM UTC-4 Matthew Williams wrote: > >> Hi Patrick, >> >> I started out with my parents' Olympus OM-1 with a 50mm lens: manual, >> with a built-in light meter. I later upgraded to a Nikon FE2, with an >> 28-80mm zoom with a macro. The FE2 is also a manual, with an >> aperture-priority automatic feature. >> >> Both of those cameras are excellent cameras for a beginner. I would >> absolutely recommend starting with a fully manual camera to learn the >> basics of exposure and lighting. A 50mm is a good starter lens; the 28-80 >> zoom & macro has more options for closeups and learning the basics of >> composition. >> >> For a beginner, I'd recommend: >> >> Manual, with built-in meter: >> Pentax K1000 >> Olympus OM-1 >> Nikon FM2 >> >> After that, I'd graduate to: >> Manual, with built-in meter and aperture-priority automatic: >> Nikon FE2 >> >> Manual, with built-in meter and shutter-priority automatic: >> Canon AE1 >> >> The Pentax and Olympus are good cameras that won't break the bank; the >> FM2 is more expensive, but it will last a lifetime. I still use my FE2. >> >> A 50mm lens with a set of red and yellow filters would be a good setup >> for a beginner. Once she's comfortable with the 50mm, you can get a >> multi-purpose lens. >> >> >> >> >> On May 20, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > My daughter has come to like film photography during her first >> > attempts using a high quality borrowed manual SLR. >> > >> > I'd like to get her an SLR, preferably manual, preferably with a >> > flash, of decent quality but not too expensive; and I have no idea >> > what "expensive" means here. >> > >> > She would also be happy with a point and shoot, but I think that if >> > affordable that a minimally decent manual with flash would be more >> > satisfying. >> > >> > I know many of you are photographers; what would you recommend, and >> > why? Manual or automatic? >> > >> > I might be in the market for a decent used camera for her 20th >> birthday. >> > >> > My posted photographs are really bad, I know that, and this despite >> > some care. She might be able to help me learn how to take better ones. >> > >> > -- >> > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Patrick Moore >> > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvib%3D2a027zf13YdkBJxiz_eAEnFftoLywLsV4jzbfnXw%40mail.gmail.com. >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c67e6b06-9745-4b87-a167-a003e77b34e0n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c67e6b06-9745-4b87-a167-a003e77b34e0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAAdeZ0rqmaRQd4L%2BqG5Xwmo3yo_LQOif0%2B0Hz9MJwbOWmAxqhg%40mail.gmail.com.
