Given the number of kids that have either a tablet or a phone with a built-in camera of greater resolution than this, I suspect that I know why these are here on SideDeal.
@werehatrack
OTOH depending on the SD card that’s included that’s not a bad price.
Also there’s a lot to be said for using a dedicated camera, which this would get them in the habit of doing. A fact I’m sure you’re well aware of given your prior posts about cameras…
@chienfou@werehatrack being a camera nerd myself, I like the idea. These are cheap and look pretty sturdy. I gave my niece something similar when she was 5 or 6, long before she had a dedicated cell phone (at 14). This allowed her ro play with a camera and get use to taking pictures. Im hoping she turns into a camera buff as well. Time will tell.
@tinamarie1974 I wish I didn’t have so much invested in the Nikon DSLR platform. I am a bit envious of my daughter’s choice of Canon despite the lack of ongoing support. But my kit serves all of my needs short of a very long telephoto, and I haven’t really scratched the surface of what it can do.
I do not miss film. And yet, I still have my early-'60s F.
@tinamarie1974@werehatrack
Canon has been my go-to for a while … though I must say I have gone from a DSLR to a dedicated long telephoto lens point n shoot. It has wonderful glass, takes excellent pictures, and fits in a pocket. I don’t miss having to tote around my old Canon with a half dozen lenses and filters.
My last big shoot with non-digital was probably when I took about 30 rolls of 36 shot (so about 1000 total available pictures) Kodak and Fuji print film to Peru for our trip to Machu Picchu. I was extremely protective of that coming home when it came time to put it on the conveyor belt to go through the scanner! Fortunately I didn’t have too much of an issue convincing them they needed to hand check it rather than X-ray it.
My daughter teaches at a private school in Nashville where she still shoots film with her kids (that she bulk loads). She has a dark room that her students can use wirh 4 enlargers, which to me is awesome. It makes them much more mindful of the pictures they are taking as far as lighting, composition, subject, etc…
By the way, the specs for these two, virtually disposable, cameras are far and away better than my first digital camera many moons ago! I can remember having a camera that shot directly onto floppy disks at one point 30ish years ago.
@chienfou oh, ghods, the original Fuji. I remember those. It’s somewhat frightening to think of the fact that the floppy disks they used typically would not hold a single image from a modern camera.
Reflecting back on this further this seems to be one of the last Kmart purchases I made. I resisted going to digital for the longest time and one day found this camera in the clearance area of my local Kmart.
OTOH I believe Sony (mavica) was the only one that made a floppy disk capable camera. I can’t find a Fuji camera that takes floppies.
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Given the number of kids that have either a tablet or a phone with a built-in camera of greater resolution than this, I suspect that I know why these are here on SideDeal.
@werehatrack
OTOH depending on the SD card that’s included that’s not a bad price.
Also there’s a lot to be said for using a dedicated camera, which this would get them in the habit of doing. A fact I’m sure you’re well aware of given your prior posts about cameras…
@chienfou @werehatrack being a camera nerd myself, I like the idea. These are cheap and look pretty sturdy. I gave my niece something similar when she was 5 or 6, long before she had a dedicated cell phone (at 14). This allowed her ro play with a camera and get use to taking pictures. Im hoping she turns into a camera buff as well. Time will tell.
@tinamarie1974 I wish I didn’t have so much invested in the Nikon DSLR platform. I am a bit envious of my daughter’s choice of Canon despite the lack of ongoing support. But my kit serves all of my needs short of a very long telephoto, and I haven’t really scratched the surface of what it can do.
I do not miss film. And yet, I still have my early-'60s F.
@werehatrack I have Nikkon both film and digital. I do prefer film, but the digital is convenient
@tinamarie1974 @werehatrack
Canon has been my go-to for a while … though I must say I have gone from a DSLR to a dedicated long telephoto lens point n shoot. It has wonderful glass, takes excellent pictures, and fits in a pocket. I don’t miss having to tote around my old Canon with a half dozen lenses and filters.
My last big shoot with non-digital was probably when I took about 30 rolls of 36 shot (so about 1000 total available pictures) Kodak and Fuji print film to Peru for our trip to Machu Picchu. I was extremely protective of that coming home when it came time to put it on the conveyor belt to go through the scanner! Fortunately I didn’t have too much of an issue convincing them they needed to hand check it rather than X-ray it.
My daughter teaches at a private school in Nashville where she still shoots film with her kids (that she bulk loads). She has a dark room that her students can use wirh 4 enlargers, which to me is awesome. It makes them much more mindful of the pictures they are taking as far as lighting, composition, subject, etc…
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@tinamarie1974 If you might be interested in a Speed Graphic, let me know.
By the way, the specs for these two, virtually disposable, cameras are far and away better than my first digital camera many moons ago! I can remember having a camera that shot directly onto floppy disks at one point 30ish years ago.
@chienfou oh, ghods, the original Fuji. I remember those. It’s somewhat frightening to think of the fact that the floppy disks they used typically would not hold a single image from a modern camera.
Reflecting back on this further this seems to be one of the last Kmart purchases I made. I resisted going to digital for the longest time and one day found this camera in the clearance area of my local Kmart.
OTOH I believe Sony (mavica) was the only one that made a floppy disk capable camera. I can’t find a Fuji camera that takes floppies.