For what it's worth, I got my son a KR-5 Super on eBay for $60, complete
with a 35-70 zoom, filter and a camera bag. He's happy and I'm happy because
the Beaver tends to me a tad rough with stuff, so if something happens to
it, I'm only out $60. When we're together, I loan him my pentax lenses.
Frankly, the Ricoh is a neat little camera for the price.
--- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Get him the K-1000! It's nothing to do with what you want; it's
> everything to do with teaching youngsters the principles of photography.
> If you get him an automatic-this, automatic-that camera, what will he
> learn? How to compose an image? And what else?
>
> My son will be in a similar situation soon and I am contemplating getting
> him a camera with no light meter in it at all. It's only after learning
> what it's all about and exploring the image-making with very basic
> equipment that the appreciation is experienced. Before he was allowed to
> use an electronic calculator, he had to prove that he could do the sums
> in his head, and on paper. He *earned* the calculator. Now, he has
> *earned* a PowerBook as well. He is learning (and earning) all the time,
> and he's having fun on the way.
>
> Hell, most of us remember our first cameras - whether they were ours, the
> school's, or whatever. If I was quick, I would get the Spottie with the
> sello-taped film door, if not, I was landed with a Zenit, and boy did
> they chew up film sprockets. I eventually saved for a Practica, then a
> Fujica 605, and finally the MX. Interestingly, I had an ME Super once,
> but found I was using the MX more, so sold it. I'm still fully manual,
> and love it.
>
> Not to say I'm a luddite - I am chomping at the bit for a MZ-D (MZ-S
> digital) - can't wait. But this is because I know how to calculate
> exposure, depth of field, etc, and how to develop and print. I learned
> from the very basics, and I would heartily recommend it to anyone with
> children starting out in picture-taking.
>
> Only one thing I would change : instead of the K-1000, at least get him a
> *decent* manual camera: an MX of course ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cotty
>
> >> I am looking to buy a Pentax K-mount camera as a first time camera my
> Son.
> >> There are quite a few K1000's, a Ricoh KR-5, KR-5 Super, XR7(body) and
> >> Sears(Ricoh)KS Super, and a Kalimar SLR K-90.
> >>
> >> Which to choose?
>
> >Unless your son specifically requested a fully manual camera, why would
> >you do this to
> >someone you love?
> >
> >I spent 4yrs in the Photography/Graphic Arts labs of my local college...
> >back in the early
> >80's & no one, but no one really wanted the fully manual cameras their
> >parents bought back
> [snip]
>
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