>I've never been able to get my 9-year-old son interested in photographing >with his Spotmatic (actually, after four years of disuse--I gave it to him >when he was 5--I sold it), but he loves to take my digital camera and go >fill up a card. He's not attached to the pictures at all; he looks at them >once and then that's that. But he enjoys taking them and seeing them.
I think the thing with kids is that they love the bells and whistles. My 9 yr old son had absolutely no interest in taking photographs with an MX. Yet at PDML UK 2002 at Duxford air show, he picked up the (Pentax supplied) MZ-S and instantly latched onto it. He adored it. So, I splashed out on a Z-10 for him. It makes noises, auto-focuses, the flash pops up (endlessly) and more to the point, he uses it! It actually inspires him to photograph, and at the end of the day, that's what matters to me. You could argue that he should be using a K-1000. I would argue that he would rather be upstairs glued to his Gamecube. Kids. Cotty ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________
