Digital BW, The Print

Cheap is relative! I totally agree with John,,, but then again I make 
my living with a camera. Any camera intended for a child needs to be 
user friendly as opposed to complicated. Instant feedback is one of 
the greatest features of digital cameras, and one that helps keep 
kids interest going. So I would look for a model that has a good 
screen image and is easy to operate. My daughter is 9 years old and 
has a Kodak DC280 that fits the bill very nicely.  I bought it new on 
ebay for $350  Whatever digital camera you buy, get rechargable 
batteries!  Digital cameras eat batteries at a fast rate.


Bruce McElhaney 
McElhaney Portrait Studio
Livonia, MI

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., John Brownlow <lists@j...> 
wrote:
> On 3/24/02 jerryolson@r... wrote:
> 
> >Don't make the camera too cheap, or the kid will lose interest 
fast. Just
> >like a cheap telescope. Can you imagine how many young careers in 
science
> >and astronomy must have been waylaid because they could never get 
an
> >acceptable image with it? Looking through a cheap telescope
> >would make me lose interest in astronomy fast.
> 
> cheap guitars, same thing
> 
> hardest damn things to play in the universe
> 
> -- 
> John Brownlow
> 
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com