My advice is to get her involved in the choice to see what feels best to her in her hands. Find a local camera store that handles used equipment and let her try a few on for size. Some cameras will fit her hands better, or feel lighter or heavier. Some have awkward ergonomics, quirky controls, or low quality viewfinders. Like bikes, cameras that “fit” will be used more. I’d also advise starting her with a fixed focal length lens in the 35-50mm range. That will encourage her to “zoom with her feet” by moving around to capture better images. If she gets hooked, you can worry about brand, quality, etc. in her next camera. And believe me, there will be many, many others. On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 1:11:29 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3c6cbfc3-296e-4be7-a9be-5ab37bc764f9n%40googlegroups.com.
