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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / June 2006Cameras for Kids
Hi All, A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed an interest in photography. One day when we were "baby-sitting", I gave her a Canon AE-1p, told her how to focus and suggested we take a walk through the woods. Before I knew it, she was "on the ground" taking photos of flowers. Her younger brother (age 8) also has an interest in photography, so I just purchased, for them, a couple of Canon T70s with assorted lenses (eBay). I'm looking forward to a photo expedition through the woods with my grandkids. My point? Kids are (almost) never too young to learn photography. Dick R. > Hi All, > A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > with my grandkids. My point? Kids are (almost) never too young > to learn photography. I used to do the same thing with my son. 50mm f/1.8 lens, camera set to "A" mode, manual focus. It took him a few rolls to begin really seeing how studying the viewfinder could affect the outcome and then he improved rapidly. He's not as interested these days but I suspect he'll come around some time in the future. Cheers, Alan.  Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. > Hi All, > A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Dick R. I was 7 or 8 yo when my grandfather gave me my first camera. Sounds like a good swap !! > Sounds like a good swap !! Yes. I got one a few years ago for my wife....When I am out taking pictures, I often wonder how the other bloke is doing with the wife........ > > Sounds like a good swap !! > > > Yes. I got one a few years ago for my wife....When I am > out taking pictures, I often wonder how the other bloke is > doing with the wife........ Totally OT, but... Just over twenty years ago, in a country now much in the news, I was offered a wife in exchange for my pocket knife. I kept the knife, and a few years later it saved my life. Knife's still in a kitchen drawer, and I still call it "wifeworth". Peter >> > Sounds like a good swap !! >> > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Peter If you had made the trade, you could have called her, "Swiss army wife." [SNIP] > > Totally OT, but... > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If you had made the trade, you could have called her, > "Swiss army wife." LOL - in all this time I never thought of that one! Peter I've got a couple of kids... If you can some up with a 1Ds Mark II, you can have 'em both. :) I was 8 when I got a kodak instamatic 101. (little pop up which contained a flash blub. Pre-flash cube. Don't think many images from that time survive to this day. I did not have any role modles in my family. I wanted to try it out on my own. It was not until taking a photo class in Jr. High school that I started to figure out how it is all supposed to work. > Hi All, > A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Dick R. > Hi All, > A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed an interest in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dick R. Excellent Dick. I wish my kids were more interested in photography. Sadly they'd rather watch Cartoon Network or play PC games... SignatureSave photography | shoot some film today! email: drop rods and insert surfaces >>Hi All, >>A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed an interest in [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Excellent Dick. I wish my kids were more interested in photography. Sadly > they'd rather watch Cartoon Network or play PC games... Hi Roxy, Alan, Paul, Columbotrek and all, I guess the best that one can do is to plant the "photography seed" and see what happens. BTW: One of my first cameras was a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye that used 620 film (as I recall), and a flash attachment that used blue bulbs. It was a long time ago. :-) Take care all, Dick R. > Hi Roxy, Alan, Paul, Columbotrek and all, > I guess the best that one can do is to plant the "photography seed" and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Take care all, > Dick R. Dick, What memories you stirred! That was also the first camera I used, and the great B&W shots still grace the precious family albums. The negs are all in good shape too. I can remember posing the family outdoors with my back to the sun and telling them not to squint. I was 12 or 13 when I got the Brownie and took many hundreds of shots, most of which are still around and still cherished a half-century later. I am now nearly 63. Ken >>Hi Roxy, Alan, Paul, Columbotrek and all, >>I guess the best that one can do is to plant the "photography seed" and [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Ken > Hi Ken, Did you ever do any time exposures? I remember the Hawkeye had a feature that allowed you to keep the shutter open until you "manually" closed it. Yup, I still have prints and negatives from those days. :-) Take care, Dick R. > Hi Ken, > Did you ever do any time exposures? I remember the Hawkeye had a feature [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Take care, > Dick R. Dick, Matter of fact, I actually did a couple of Brownie Hawkeye time shots that turned out reasonably OK. One was a portrait indoors; the other was a night shot from a window of a street in Brooklyn with the car lights creating streaks. As I remember, on the top side near the front opposite the shutter button was a grey thingy flush with the camera body. You lifted it to put the camera in time mode. I don't remember whether you pushed it back down or tripped the shutter a second time to end the exposure. It was certainly primitive, but the experimental results were fine. That camera sure fired up my love of photography. When my daughters started high school, I gave each of them a Canon Snappy P&S. I installed a 4x8-ft. bulletin board in each girl's room for her photos. Within a few weeks, each bulletin board was loaded with snapshots. The cameras, small enought to fit in a purse, went everywhere, and years after high school, the girls still have all the pictures. The younger one took it a step farther. She started shooting for the school yearbook in her junior year, using a Pentax K1000 rig I got for her when she showed some interest in photography. After graduatng from college and moving up to a Nikon N2000 with Nikon glass that I gave her later, she went to work in Dallas with her interior design degree, but started working part-time as an assistant to a wedding photog. He provided her with better gear, and over the past few years she has added more and better equipment of her own. Now, she's married with two kids and has a small studio in her home for occasional use. She specializes in newborn babies and their mothers, mostly in B&W, and does fantastic work, in my opinion. It's not a full-time thing by any means, and she enjoys taking excellent pictures of her own family, but she picks up extra bucks and keeps plenty busy with her photo sidelight, mostly through word-of-mouth and repeat customers. The older one has moved up to a Nikon rig, too, and provides her mother and me with wonderful snapshots of the grandkids. A niece, who I gave a P&S camera and later a Minolta X-370 rig when she showed interest in photography at a young age, has graduated from Michigan University and is now working as a wedding/special event photographer for a firm in Ann Arbor. She is planning to go into business for herself soon. Other children, nieces and nephews were all, with no exception, given a P&S camera as a gift for their Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah at age 13 .It was the expected gift from Uncle Ken. Instructions were NOT given unless requested. They all continue to love photography. Some have moved on to digital gear, leaving their film-preferring uncle in the dust, but the joy of making pictures and chronicling their young lives remains a constant. Sorry for rambling, but getting the next generation to enjoy photography is sort of like passing the baton. Surely others on this forum feel the same. Lastly, some of the most treasured photos that my family has enjoyed for a half-century would have been deleted as "inferior" if they had been shot digitally. If not mounted in albums, the less-than-great prints have always been accessible in boxes where they are periodically enjoyed. With film, all shots were printed, and that's why they survive. Best regards! Ken > They all continue to love photography. Some have moved on to digital gear, > leaving their film-preferring uncle in the dust, but the joy of making [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Best regards! > Ken Hi again, Wow, you certainly have many reasons to feel very proud! I'm an older gentleman like you, and I still use 35mm because I have the equipment and I know how to use it. I also have a little 4MP Fuji digital, a new Dell PC and a new HP printer/scanner/copier. One of these days I'll get all these items hooked up, but first there are all those instruction manuals. :-( I also have many of those less-than-great photos of family and friends. Sometimes those photos come in very handy when creating birthday cards. :-) Take Care, Dick R. > Hi All, > A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Dick R. Hi all, The grandkids have their Canon T70s, lots of film, and they're ready to go on a trip to Atlanta to visit grandpa Tom, who is also knowledgeable on the "old" Canon FD system. Today, the grandkids were here and I showed them how to operate their "new" cameras. Got them loaded up, and soon they were in the backyard shooting photos. It's fun to be a grandpa! Dick R. >> Hi All, >> A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > "new" cameras. Got them loaded up, and soon they were in the > backyard shooting photos. It's fun to be a grandpa! "If i knew how much fun grandkids are i would have had them first" Fridge magnet slogan. Its great having grandkids, nephews and nieces. By the time they are tired out and getting out of hand you can give them back hehehehhe. >>>Hi All, >>>A few years ago when my granddaughter was 9, she expressed [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Its great having grandkids, nephews and nieces. 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