start with composition, and the rest will follow
agree with this,start with composition, and the rest will follow
Wow... that's good to hear that your son is managing a great DSLR at his age. But did he start straight from the K100D or did he play around with a P&S first.My 8 year old son uses my Pentax K100D with ease. A quick hands on and explanation of the exposure modes and he was taking pictures with AF and manual lenses.
Starting with a DSLR is good because they compose in the viewfinder and learn to hold the camera steady, unlike PnS cameras where you compose by looking at the LCD arms outstretched. Anyway the in-body shake reduction helps a lot.
Wow... that's good to hear that your son is managing a great DSLR at his age. But did he start straight from the K100D or did he play around with a P&S first.
My point being that anybody should start from scratch (scracth might be too exagerated) before moving up to the big leagues.
My son starts at 5 using my old Olympus P&S. Den he use my 350D and now at age 7 he is using my new 40D when I'm not using it. P&S is good for Kids to get to learn more about their interest. So far he had not dropped nor cause any damage to the cameras except for a few finger prints during the initial stage.
Good to just get a cheap 2nd hand P&S for a start.
My 8 year old son uses my Pentax K100D with ease. A quick hands on and explanation of the exposure modes and he was taking pictures with AF and manual lenses.
Starting with a DSLR is good because they compose in the viewfinder and learn to hold the camera steady, unlike PnS cameras where you compose by looking at the LCD arms outstretched. Anyway the in-body shake reduction helps a lot.
start with composition, and the rest will follow
I totally agreed that basic is the most impt not the equipment. Then the question is to SLR or not SLR, I guess it all boil down to whether will she like it or not... if the dSLR or SLR manual control and other complex function frighten her off and kill her interest then I dun see the point in getting one..start with composition, and the rest will follow