While the Pentax K1000 is the go-to beginner's manual film SLR, I had one for many years and was never really jazzed with the results. I have my father's Olympus OM-10 now, and it seems to produce much sharper images than the K1000 ever did. Maybe my K was bad? Anyway, I'd recommend the OM-10, as long as you get the optional manual shutter speed control module. Without it, the camera operates in aperture priority (nothing wrong with that, it's my preferred way to shoot), but the ability to go fully manual is really nice. The OM-10 is not fully mechanical, the shutter is operated electro-mechanically and requires a couple of cheap, readily available button cell batteries that last for years.
Chris On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 2:11:29 PM UTC-4 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/10d452dd-5ee0-468b-8e28-301c779d6a94n%40googlegroups.com.
