On 7/10/2012 7:06 PM, tony cooper wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:58:30 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2012-07-10 13:29:01 -0700, "Arklin K." said:

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:12:33 -0500, Neil Ellwood wrote:

Wolfgang Don't be so gentle - tell him the truth.



Realistically, I 'have' told the kids to always use the Nikon camera
strap when they borrow my plastic Nikon SLR ... and I do like the idea of
the camera 'skin' that was proposed (although it omits protection of the
all-important plastic lens).

Why on Earth are you letting the kids have the opportunity to damage
your cameras?

Wait a minute here...my two grandsons (now 8 and 9) have been using my
Nikon for a couple of years. They're accustomed to using the
viewfinder (no live view on my camera) and have taken some pretty good
shots. If they want the camera, they put the neck strap on when the
first get it. If they run or roughhouse, they lose the privilege.
Kid certainly can be taught to take care of things.



Yup! When my kids were young I let them use my Nikkormat, which still
works well. At first they wasted a lot of film. Then I started charging
them 25 cents a roll, with developing included. The quality of their
images immediately improved.

--
Peter