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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 331585" data-attributes="member: 13090">Could NOT agree more. I agree there are some valuable lessons that could be learned using and processing film. As an intellectual exercise definitely it should be covered, maybe even some hands-on experimentation with film, but to require every student INVEST in a film camera is a little ridiculous in my opinion. Are they going to be printing as well because if they are, that's going to get expensive pretty fast. All that being said, I doubt very much it matters much what film camera you wind up getting for your daughter because it's going to be discarded like yesterdays newspaper (newspapers *are* still a thing, right?) in a few months. But, more to the point, I would suggest something <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXCELLENT-Nikon-FG-20-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-with-35-70mm-f-3-3-4-5-Zoon-Lens-/151329517281?pt=Film_Cameras&amp;hash=item233bf12ee1" target="_blank">like this Nikon FG-20 on eBay</a> for $80. Comes with a decent lens.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 331585, member: 13090"] Could NOT agree more. I agree there are some valuable lessons that could be learned using and processing film. As an intellectual exercise definitely it should be covered, maybe even some hands-on [I]experimentation[/I] with film, but to require every student INVEST in a film camera is a little ridiculous in my opinion. Are they going to be printing as well because if they are, that's going to get expensive pretty fast. All that being said, I doubt very much it matters much what film camera you wind up getting for your daughter because it's going to be discarded like yesterdays newspaper (newspapers *are* still a thing, right?) in a few months. But, more to the point, I would suggest something [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXCELLENT-Nikon-FG-20-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-with-35-70mm-f-3-3-4-5-Zoon-Lens-/151329517281?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item233bf12ee1]like this Nikon FG-20 on eBay[/url] for $80. Comes with a decent lens. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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