Okay a last comment (I can't resist) on the $1000 shopping spree. If there
will be a reliable source of family supplied equipment over the years, the
student is just starting out, but confident that she will be continuing
with photography: How about putting a lot of money into a good tripod and
head. Whatever future direction/format/digital/ etc. that tripod will be
there! Family will never give a high quality tripod either when the market
is filled with flimsy ones with the same numbers of legs...
Eric Pederson
epederso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (no "n" in "epederso")
Professional home page:
http://logos.uoregon.edu/uoling/faculty/pederson/pederson.html
Personal home page:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~epederso/
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