Photography gifts?
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- nb0
A lot of young photographers like these:
http://www.lensbaby.com/lenses.p…
- pango0
Teach her how to make her own Camera.
or just print out the instruction and give it to her.
http://www.instructables.com/id/…
lol ima bad gift giver.- like the oatmeal box pinhole cameras we made in art school....vaxorcist
- bigtrick0
how much are you looking to spend? you can pick these up for less than $50 on ebay:
http://www.jimtardio.com/olympus…olympus stylus epic, the best compact 35mm camera i've ever used.
or if you want a less modern, more retro appeal, how about a
http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/c…canon canonet ql17 rangefinder from the 70's? there are a ton of 70's metal-bodied rangefinders on ebay for less than $100. they're definitely different from modern automatic-everything cameras, but they're still excellent photographic tools. solid and very satisfying, in a mechanical way.
or if you want a modern plasticky toy camera that's a bit different, a blackbird tlr:
http://blackbirdflycamera.com/bit over $100, but takes 35mm film so you don't have to deal with medium format.
finally, you can get her a polaroid camera! like this spectra here:
you can find these for $20 on ebay or craigslist, and you can get (expensive) polaroid film from the impossible project:
http://shop.the-impossible-proje…
- Projectile0
Wide angle converter. hands down the most fun toy you can get for her. they range from 15 to 500 so always one to fit yr budget
- oh and they just pop on and off your current lens, so no sitting down to swap lenses, just pop it on topProjectile
- JSK0
Thats a great idea. But why not get a rangefinder instead of a SLR?
- ifeltdave0
or something like this, bunch of lenses and cases for everything:
http://cgi.ebay.com/CANON-TLb-SL…
thoughts?
- epigraph0
http://www.oyemodern.com/designe…
after seeing this I bought some old lenses and made a few of these
- bigtrick0
rangefinder = you focus by aligning two pictures in the viewfinder until they overlap perfectly.
slr = you focus by looking through the viewfinder and a mirror, directly through the lens, focusing until the picture looks sharp.slrs are more common, and allow for autofocus. rangefinders allow for a more compact body and... well heck. they're a bit niche. they were all the rage back in the day before slrs were invented.
- interesting. thanks for the info!ifeltdave
- you can tell that i'm not really a rangefinder guy (:bigtrick
- because you suckJSK
- true.bigtrick
- i own several rangefinders and prefer shooting one over an slr but they're not for everyoneJG_LB
- they are much more quiet than slrsjaylarson
- this isn't strictly the case, you can get alternative focus screens for SLRs so they behave like rangefinders.Samush
- melq0
Photography gifts and gear:
http://photojojo.com/store/
- bigtrick0
does she currently have a dslr? if so, what brand?
i am asking because i own a lot of canon eos equipment. at the same time i own a lot of old pentax lenses, which fit nicely onto my canons with an adapter plate ($15 on ebay).
if, for example, she has a canon dslr and you buy her an old pentax film slr with some pentax lenses, you can get her the adapter plate and she can enjoy the manual lenses on both systems.
- bigtrick0
if you like modern japanese toy cameras, this place has awesome stuff:
- JSK0
why rf?
its small. its all manual. lens is closer to the film so you get more details / sharpness.
- inhaler970
http://shop.the-impossible-proje…
If going along the lines of toy cameras, try this. Don't know your budget, but this seems pretty neat.
- ifeltdave0
^ wide angle is a great idea
I went with a Canon AE-1 with a flash attachment. Seems like a solid camera, electronics so its precise, and a good 'amateur' SLR.
Gonna pick her up some diff types of film, as well, and maybe look into a wide angle converter. Thanks for the help everyone.
- bigtrick0
dave - read:
http://www.photoethnography.com/…
to decide between slr and rangefinder (: that page also has lots of stuff on ye olde 70's cameras.