Starting out

[Elmo]

It's hubby's cousin's 18th birthday at the start of next month, and she's expressed a wish to start getting in to photography. Now, her parents didn't want to buy a DSLR for her straight off cos she's never really done any photography before, so they don't know how long her interest would last. So I suggested they could get her a bridge camera to let her have the feel and some of the functions of an SLR but without the expense etc to allow her to get to grips with settings and things. So they're going for the Fuji s2500.

Now, we want to get her a couple of wee things to get her going, so i'm thinking:

a camera bag
a pack of rechargable batteries & charger
a memory card

I was thinking about getting her a book to get her started too. Does anyone have any recommendations of books she could read? Bearing in mind that she's quite a young 18 yr old, she's probably not too likely to want to trudge through an encyclopedia sized book, maybe a quick start guide or "basics" book?

Also if there's anything else that she might find handy that i've missed? Her dad's got a tripod, so don't need that.

TIA!

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[Bobster]

hmm, she's prolly better off having the 2000HD

less MP means cleaner images @ higher ISO

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Camera bag? nah

Rechargeable batts? yes

Memory card? yes + reader

just let her experiment with the camera before you start pointing her at books..

[Funkstar]

I'd highly recomend a quality card reader.

I have a Lexar Pro SD/CF card reader and can pull data off it at about 25MB/sec from my Extreme IV cards. Wating half an hour to pull photos off a fast card with a crappy reader is incredibly frustrating.

http://www.google.co.uk/products/cat...CA0Q8wIwATgA#p

[Elmo]

hmm, she's prolly better off having the 2000HD

less MP means cleaner images @ higher ISO

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Camera bag? nah

Rechargeable batts? yes

Memory card? yes + reader

just let her experiment with the camera before you start pointing her at books..

you're probably right, i'll let them know, don't think they've ordered it yet.

By camera bag, I meant more of a case to protect it/carry it in as it doesn't come with one.

[Barakka]

I was thinking about getting her a book to get her started too. Does anyone have any recommendations of books she could read? Bearing in mind that she's quite a young 18 yr old, she's probably not too likely to want to trudge through an encyclopedia sized book, maybe a quick start guide or "basics" book?

Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson is supposed to be very good, and at 160 pages isn't too cumbersome.

Maybe a subscription to Practical Photography ? It's heavily project based content may lend itself to someone starting out... ?