As an occasional high school teacher of photography I would prefer than any
youth starts with a manual camera - not necessarily a K1000! The suggestion
of the OM2000 was good - if parochial (it's a Cosina, mate!)
I have no experience of autofocus Nikon but some of EOS. The Nikon/Canon
comparison here is not good - the 35-80 lens in both brands is the bottom
of the very deep barrel! I took apart a Canon 35-80 once - it's a toy and
the images are poor. I assume the Nikon is the same - they made cheap
lenses because dealers kept selling their bodies with Sigma and Tamron
lenses and they had to compete. The Canon 28-90 (? I thought 28-85 or
28-105) is a better lens and the equivalent Nikon lens would bring the F60
kit up to a similar price.
He seems to be interested in shooting subjects that aren't moving too fast
(except perhaps his girlfriend!) A manual focus camera seems a better
option methinks. Persuade a dealer to let him shoot a roll with a good
second hand Nikon (FM, etc.) or Canon (A-1, AE-1 or similar). There are
serious bargains to be had in old Canon lenses as they changed the mount
when they went autofocus.
Oh, God - this heresy, isn't it. How about a nice OM40 (OMPC) - saw a nice
one the other day for less than GBP100 - it's black and looks damn cool.
Andrew
>Zac> In a message dated 09/19/2000 9:36:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Zac> Bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>> Help ?
>>> My son is about to buy a camera.
>>> He as only these three choice's.
>>> Which would U buy ??
>>> Olympus is-200 with extender to 160mm (£279)
>>> Cannon eos 300 with 28mm to 90mm (£369)
>>> Nikon F60 with 35mm to 80mm (£199)
>>> I asked him what he thought was most important
>>> and he said exposure accuracy.
>
>Zac> Which would I buy? Why the IS-200 of course, but then this IS an Olympus
>Zac> list...
>Shurely this list is not biased :-)
>
>Zac> What kind of photography does your son want to do?
>He takes pics of old buildings , canal boats , closeups of flowers
>and his girlfriend.(I dont mean he takes closeups of his girlfriend !)
>
>Zac> Why are these the only three choices?
>Because they were the camera's he was told to choose from !
>
>Zac> Hope this helps...
>
>Zac> Paul Schings
>--
>Best regards,
> Bernard mailto:Bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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