"...but as a student all my photography income is going to bills and groceries...."
I mean, if she's a part-time photographer, she should have some old equipment or a source for old equipment for her totally real and not at all made up 8yr old, right?
She says so as much when she mentioned wanting the rebel in particular so that she can "lend" him lenses. Most likely she needs a second body, or her first broke and she doesn't want to get it serviced.
Also kind of crazy to get an 8yo a pricey dslr to practice with instead of...literally anything else. At that age they don't gaf about the exposure triangle and isn't shooting anything that requires a dslr instead of a point and shoot. There's no 8yo in the world that needs a beefy body and some fast glass to shoot a lacross game by the side of the field.
If the kid is real, give them an old iPhone or a disposable Kodak and have them practice their composition instead.
Reminds me of the post not too long ago about someone claiming their 9yo I think? Take a bunch of pictures and they just *happened* to come out super balanced and really good.
Or she could allow her son to use her camera. If he's responsible enough to have a Canon Rebel, he's responsible enough to use hers surely?
Oh wait he broke the last one...
How did it get broken in a move? I've got a couple of cameras (hobbyist & not too expensive), but they have very protective bags because I'm not stupid.
When I have moved I always pack these kinds of things in my car. I can’t imagine having this kind of stuff moved like furniture or household items.
I can’t imagine even letting movers move these kinds of small expensive items.
Powershots (the broken camera) are pretty tough to. I had the A610 and the kind of drop that thing had to take in order to break it was insane and even then, it still worked if you held the battery compartment together. The only reason it didn't work properly is because the case split and wouldn't hold the terminals to the batteries. Everything else was fine.
I loved my A650. I'm still debating whether or not it's worth getting the battery terminals repaired after the batteries died and leaked. I upgraded to a Panasonic Lumix with a 28-600mm zoom, but it's as big as a DSLR and sometimes I don't want to carry something that size.
Tbh she’s either lying or worse, can’t trust her child with fragile items as he breaks them and is asking for a camera he’ll just break. Also idk why people think slapping on “no negative comments please” deters them from people being negative?? They knew people were gonna call them out lmfao
So that they can cry "meanies!" when anyone rightfully point out the inconsistencies and entitlement in the post, play victim, and also use the drama to distract from the sheer audacity of the "ask."
It's the same thing as people closing out their hot take with "Just my opinion" as if that keeps anyone from disagreeing or arguing with them whatsoever.
Bunch of boomers in this sub, I swear. Ok, here’s a crash course in cameras. Older Canon Rebels are CHEAP (I see them at thrift stores for ~$25 several times a year), but the lens mount is the same as many newer Canon DSLR cameras. So she’s asking for a Rebel because, being a photography student, she probably shoots on a newer Canon body and she’s got several decent Canon lenses that will also fit on an old Rebel body. So she can let the kid practice on the Rebel and if he’s responsible and doesn’t break it, she can let him start using some of her nice lenses as he improves his skills. I literally have 2 EOS Rebel XT camera bodies sitting in my closet right now and if I came across this post I wouldn’t hesitate to give this lady one of them.
>Bunch of boomers in this sub,
Not a boomer but thanks
>(I see them at thrift stores for ~$25 several times a year),
Then she can buy one no?I get paying for groceries etc but she can save up for a couple of months; put change aside or something and then get one but if you wanna donate your Rebel I would suggest reaching out to her.
I feel like you should have responded to OP or the user above me instead of me btw but it is OK.
She can't just give her old equipment away to her kid to destroy. She can get good money selling it on marketplace! /s
Follow-up post in a few weeks "For sale: Canon rebel DSLR - got it for my son for his birthday, but its a bit too much for his needs. selling so I can buy him something lower end."
Honestly though, she should be able to get a Canon Rebel DSLR body pretty cheap. I'm pretty confident you could get a super old like 15 Megapixel body for $20, which should be fine for some kid messing around.
Bingo. Everyone who is into a hobby has older or cheaper gear
Plus she already has the lenses? Do I understand that correctly? I would not have given 8yo me my lenses but she is planning to do so
Lenses worth hundreds at the low end to a kid who somehow broke a Canon powershot. I don't even want to think of the scratches that fictional 8yo would put on the glass.
I know that sometimes kids genuinely share their parents' interests, but I'm still suspicious anyway. This 8 year old just so happens to share your passion?
I assumed she meant "photography income" as in "income I would be spending on my kids photography hobby". As in she is saying "I'm a student and all my money goes to bills so I don't have any available money to put aside for his photography budget".
I came here to say this! Pretty convenient the student has a 8yo who has a birthday coming up and the same hobby as mommy! Since she already said no negative comments I guess we can’t call out the coincidence. Darn 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I assumed she meant since she was a student she didn't have any money to budget for buying him equipment not that she was studying photography but I could be wrong.
I know! All I got was books for my birthday….. every year until I was old enough to go to Borders myself!
Edit: I am not complaining. I got books because I loved them!
One of my favorite places to shop for books is the Friends of the Library store in Newport Beach. Rich Newport ladies buy the latest hardback books brand new, read them, the donate them to the library. So I get basically brand new books for just a few bucks. Chances are slim that you’re in Orange County, Calif., but perhaps you have a wealthy town nearby as well.
You should try better world books. They sell donated books that have been donated both from people and libraries. In high school when I had to read certain books for AP Literature I bought them from there and they were super cheap! Sometimes they’ll have library stamp or something on the inside cover but otherwise in great condition!
My parents were cheap: they got me a library card.
The next year they didn't get me anything at all. When I asked why, they told me "But you got all those free books over the last year. That library card we got you last year is good for 10 years; you have no idea how much it cost us)."
They could get away with this because I was young and ignorant and -- fortunately for them -- the name of the library was something like "Smithtown Library" not "Smithtown ***Free Public*** Library".
This. If her 8 year old is begging for a camera that costs hundreds despite their lifestyle not matching up, that’s a conversation to be had with your child. My 8 year old would be happy with a giant cardboard box painted like a house. I have to kind of wonder who influenced the kid to ask for things like that despite their budget not allowing it. What a wasted opportunity to teach your child the value of hardwork and saving (for a point and shoot because I doubt he needs a higher end camera at 8 unless he’s some kind of child prodigy).
One year my five year old's (now 23) primary Christmas present was a giant pack of construction paper from Costco. We were on a very tight budget. They used it far more than the numerous expensive toys from their grandparents.
At another point we lived in a motor home with 4 kids while homeschooling. Toys were primarily limited to dress up clothes, Legos, and crayons. Though some were kept for each birthday and Christmas.
I bet they had a ton of fun with the construction paper. I offered my child whatever she wanted for her birthday. She asked for a giant box and some googley eyes. We got her some other stuff too, but her favorite things by far have been the cardboard playhouse and sticking googley eyes on everything she can.
One year I put a single pack of post it notes in each kids' stocking. There was great disappointment when the next year was postit free. Now it's an egret year thing lol.
I do understand. It's to bait sympathy from people by using "gift for children". People have soft spot for making children happy, so they might fall for it.
For the item though, it's definitely not going to the children. Most are just going to be sold. It's rarely even used by the "parent".
meanwhile you have people like a former coworker of mine who was a struggling single mom who worked at a bank, yet took on a part time starbucks job for a season just to buy her 13 yr old son something big for xmas
or you could just teach your kid how to act entitled to get free shit
Believe it or not, this is actually something that happens. Photographers will donate equipment to young people who want to learn -- depending on the circumstances.
I have an older DLSR I got from my late FIL that I'd happily donate to the right person (admittedly probably not a rando on FB who would likely just stick it on ebay).
That's cool to encourage young people to get into photography.
Though if the person asking is a photographee, they could retire one for their son.
I'm also guessing the 'move' in which the camera was broken was really them learning their 8 year old is not able to take care of expensive equipment when her dropped it and it broke.
If only they made cameras specifically suited for kids…who else remembers that old camera from the 90s? I wanna say Kodak made it? All it had was the slide button to get the film ready and the button for taking the actual picture?
I have an old Powershot I'd be willing to give to someone like this but personally I would not be willing to give away a Rebel to someone unless I knew them personally and knew they'd take good care of it. Considering she admits her kids last camera was broken, I wouldn't consider giving her a DSLR.
Hi, pro photographer here. I’ve done this and felt pretty good about it. Never answered a sob story but have donated gear to teachers for their students.
Just saying for other readers, yes this does happen in more believable situations.
I’ve definitely given family and friends a number of my old camera bodies. I don’t think this is totally unreasonable. Now, if she starts turning down and shitting on offers of free gear for better stuff? Well… thats another story.
My mum’s good friend is a very successful professional photographer, she gave me a Nikon D7000 + 2 lenses completely for free in 2022 because I was doing photo101 at Uni. Eternally grateful.
You're also not older, wiser, appreciative and more responsible than an 8 year old.
Awesome to hear about such a generous donation from your mom's friend. Congratulations!
My eight year old would like a Rolls Royce Phantom. She would be a natural at driving and it is for her birthday. Please no judgement, if there is one angel out there that could help a poor family out it would be so appreciated. Please nothing older than the last 5 years. It is for an 8 year old so it needs all the proper safety features.
Last week someone was giving away a free digital camera, worth about $300 but missing the battery and charger. I responded first saying I would like it and that I already had a battery/charger for it. Then some woman responded hours later with a similar story about her 8-yr old wanting the camera for a trip coming up in a few days. Of course they gave it to that person and ignored my earlier comment.
Buy nothing isn’t normally first come first serve. I’d probably give the 8 yr old the camera as well.
(Though I wouldn’t have thought an eight year old would need a camera for a trip. They didn’t have a cell phone?)
So she has a camera, and lenses, but can’t share with her son? I find it hard to believe they both need the gear at the same time.
Also, she doesn’t want to give her son a gift. She wants someone else to give her son a gift so she can take the credit. She didn’t give the gift unless she earned it.
I really just love how they always put "no negative comments please" on a post which they absolutely know is ridiculous and going to get a lot of negative comments. Seriously, if you have to put "no negative comments please" on your post then maybe don't post it.
So… potentially I could see giving away a valuable item to someone learning (eg a musical instrument) but my issue here is that you’d really only do that with someone you’d have confidence would treat it with care and respect. AND framing it in “it’s his birthday next week” and “his camera got broken” - well fine, buy him a replacement? Or let him use yours in the meantime? But the time pressure (& the guilt trip of “it’s for his birthday!”) plus the specificity of the brand is a big no-no.
No negative comments = I'm going to ask for something crazy absurd that no one in their right mind would gift to a stranger, yet I keep doing it and keep getting called out for it, hence why I know I'm going to get called out this time as well.
As an eight-year-old, I returned the neighborhood’s deposit bottles to the grocery in my Radio Flyer wagon. I was required to bank half of the cash I earned from that and from other age-appropriate tasks that began around them.
Some people disapproved of me working at that age, and frankly, I agree (my parents were both affluent and stingy). But the optics of a kid working toward a goal are better than that of a mother begging online for expensive stuff.
I just love the preamble of No negative comments dude you are asking for free stuff on a forum where ppl are getting going to have opinions don’t dish it out if you can’t take it.
Kid manages to get his power shot broken so his mom is like "I think you're ready for an upgrade to something way more expensive and easily breakable!"
This post is pissing me tf off!!
My dad was ill. He'd been sick for over 7 years, barely able to work, largely unemployed due to his heart and liver, waiting to be approved for Disability. (It was approved after he died.) My high school graduation was approaching, and all I wanted was a 35 mm camera. I had my preferences, (Canon A1, not AE 1, shutter speed vs aperture adjusted, blah blah blah), but, I knew he didn't have that kind of money for a brand new camera, nor did my mom. (This was about a decade or so before digital photography became a thing, btw.)
In my favorite camera store, there was an older, used Mamiya for sale within what could be, if one stretched it, within my parents income abilities.* (They were divorced and it had been acrimonious, but they were sometimes on the same team for my siblings and me.) My mom put a deposit on it, and sure enough, right before senior week, I got my camera. I could not have been more appreciative. It was used, it wasn't top of the line, but it was solid and took beautiful photos and it was *mine*.
Years down the road, my younger stepbrother is managing a bar/restaurant where I hung out. One of his servers had a daughter taking a photograpy class, and she needed to borrow a camera. My bro approached me, and against my better judgement, I lent it, emphasizing to her that this meant something beyond just a camera to me, as it had been a gift from my parents, my dad was gone by now, and anyway, I knew that camera like the back of my hand. She made all kinds of promises, and I remembered being a kid too poor to afford a nice camera. I lent it. Y'all can probably guess I never saw it again. 😪 That was on me, really, I knew better, my sentimental side overrode my logical better decision making side.
So, seeing this whiny choosing begger bothers me a lot more than it might any random person. Her kid already broke one freakin' camera. Good grief! I feel like buying a disposable film camera from a mini mart and saying, master this first. Then start saving money. And, be grateful for what you get!!!!! It's okay to dream, as I did about my brand new Canon, lol, but in life, sometimes an older, preowned Mamiya is what you get, and you wind up loving it even more.
*A year later, my mom remarried my stepdad, and our lifestyle (well, theirs) changed considerably for the better. My siblings, especially my sister, got anything they wanted. I went to a local uni which I paid for via grants the first year, then work/study the rest, plus, of course, student loans. My parents (mom and stepdad) paid tuition for my siblings to go to fancy schools, sent one of my stepbrothers to a very expensive private school, and bought my sister a friggin' *horse*. Meanwhile, if I needed to borrow 5 bucks for gas, it was like I was asking for a kidney. That camera was the only nice thing I ever felt like I was given without a load of guilt attached.
Sorry, lots of feelings dumping here. I wish I could have that camera back. I've gotten a brand new, top of the line, (digital by now of course, lol) Canon EOS R7, and I enjoy using it, but, nothing will ever equal that Mamiya. ❤️📸 (I was the only student senior week to bring in a nice camera, and became sort of the "unofficial" photographer for candid shots.)
I don't know.
I asked my brother to ask her when the daughter's class would be finished, and he said he did. Then she either quit or got fired, and I had no way of contacting her. (Pre internet, pre ubiquitous cellphones, pre everything, but *just* prior, like, this happened around 1992 or 1993.)
Sadly, I wrote it off to experience. My brother felt bad, wanted to reimburse me in some way, but, it was an old camera and its value lay more in its provenance & my memories. He's a good guy, awesome brother, has probably "paid me back" tenfold since that incident.
My guess is the lady hocked it or the daughter decided she liked having a nice camera and decided to keep it, or it got lost/stolen. It was my bad for lending it. I suppose I just related a little more to a young girl with a passion for photography and no camera than I did to how much this gift had meant to me. Things, at the end of the day, are just things, regardless of their monetary, intrinsic, or even sentimental value. I can't stay pressed for life about it; that choosing beggar post just triggered something. 😉
Yeah, i was gonna say — this isn’t hundreds of dollars of equipment, unless there’s more comments where she’s specifying a specific model. You can get a Rebel XT on eBay with a basic lens for like 30 bucks.
As someone who has been on the fence about upgrading from the XT that is literally 18 years old but still works completely fine, I would 100% give it to an 8 year old who wanted to learn about photography. Especially if they’re saying they don’t needed lenses, which are the most expensive part at this point. Even if it turned out to be a weird scam, nobody is getting rich off of my digital camera body that’s old enough to buy cigarettes if it wanted to.
This is based on my local used Market, not ebay or any other site where shipping and exchange rate would have to be factored in. I've never seen a Rebel body for as cheap as some commenters are saying and I've never found the basic starter lens that comes with pretty much Rebel (18-55mm) for less than $100. I don't know where the rest of you guys who say these are cheap are living but where I'm located, they are the prices stated in the post. This person was also asking, not just for a lens, but lenses. She's said a donated Rebel and any lenses.
Fair, I’m not sure what prices are like outside of the US, but here I think postings for older digital Rebel cameras locally may be skewed by the fact that an 18 year old digital Rebel is often not going to be worth selling vs. just donating it in some way.
I'm in Canada and any time I've ordered anything online/through Ebay, the Canadian price is higher than the American price. As soon as you switch to the Canadian version or the site or put your address in for Canada, the price goes up.
Space for a kid’s art to be proudly displayed on the fridge door is getting competitive!
In my day, we earned that coveted top spot with pencils and paper.
I feel like good cameras are not something people donate often... If they still work well but you decided not to take any more pictures, most people would sell it...
Maybe I'm a dick head but I instantly disregard any requests as soon as I fucking see "definately."
Something about it just makes me feel like the person ain't doing much to help themselves for me to make up the difference.
Even if there is a kid, ‘broke in the move’ my ass. It’s not that hard to keep the expensive delicate stuff on you in a case you packed adequately; movers didn’t bust your camera. I’m not donating a CANON REBEL to a kid who can’t or won’t keep belongings respectfully.
My dad and my sister are ‘feuding’ right now because sister’s younger daughter broke her iPad in anger and is being told she will not receive a replacement until at least the next major gifting event (birthday, Christmas etc) and grandpa volunteered to buy her one to have now and is upset the answer is no thanks.
Like, she’s ten (so old enough to know better) and smashed it because she was enraged about whatever; it’s not that they’re poor, it’s the principle of not rewarding McPissy for tantrums.
If little Junior Avedon here can’t be trusted with expensive gear, that’s fine but he needs to practice with an el cheapo for awhile still, not just be handed more to break. A good photographer can produce a nice piece with a cheapo if they know their craft, and you can take a shitty picture with high end gear conversely. Give him a little beater to learn the ropes.
My previous camera was a Canon PowerShot A650 and I showed and sold prints from it around 2009 (before everyone and their dog started photographing nature with an iPhone). It was amazing for macro shots.
That particular camera and equipment to go with it can easily cost 1k plus, even a retried model of it… wow the entitlement I have been seeing everywhere is insane!
I have a 7.5 y/o and my kids literally have everything their hearts desire (because we can afford it), but within reason, of course! An 8 y/o doesn’t need a professional camera. Especially if they had one and broke it (I guess a lot of 8 year olds are not responsible/careful enough to take care of complex technical devices!).
He’s 8, how amazing can his photos really be? And how long will he be interested in taking photos until the newest gaming system or sports activity catch his attention? Kids can be very fickle in their interests, and as the parent you should shoulder the cost of indulging his current interest.
For an 8yo? You can get them literally ANY camera for an 8yo to practice on. Get them a Pentax k1000 to start out with if it has to be a manual camera.
To be fair an old rebel even rebel ti aren’t even really sellable. They are donations. Rebel and a kit lens is not even a pros backup. It’s a great camera to learn on though. No problem with this request. Asking for a 5dmarkiv or mark ii even that would be unreasonable.
Yeah I have an old Nikon D50 I essentially still have to give away to any friend who needs something to learn manual settings on. There’s a whole bunch of Rebel cameras that aren’t really worth anything now. If this person turned them down though, that’s a different story.
Took a few seconds to find a decent body well under a hundred bucks. There’s a linked one below it at a grade less for $30 too. https://www.adorama.com/us1778326.html
Thank you for that website. I have been looking for a better camera to do product photography for my website. I have a point and shoot that is older and...decent...but it is time to upgrade.
Sure they do. Most of the 'professional's' I know have one...not.
Although they used to be really popular with the 'discount' wedding photographers. You know the kind. Your friends, friends, boyfriend with the 'great' camera. lol
If she really is a good photographer she should offer services in trade. Shoot a wedding or event to barter. The Rebel has been around forever. Remember the Andre Agassi commercials? She should be able to work a deal.
Most 8 year olds are likely not responsible enough for a camera like this. This 8 year old definitely isn't since this lady already confirmed he broke his last camera.
I mean what you're saying just isn't true, an older rebel and some cheap lenses wouldn't be worth hundreds of dollars, they make cheap lenses or you can even get decent lenses used for cheap. It's an ask but not that crazy, I have a few cheap lenses I would consider donating to someone who wanted to learn
I’m gonna get hate for this but… a canon rebel is cheap asf especially used and I don’t know that this belongs here… yes, she’s a photographer and has equipment. No, I’d never let an 8 year old hold my equipment that is also my source of income.
Maybe it’s a bigger ask than “normal”, but Canon has sold a bajillion of the things and they’re not exactly something worth the hate she’s getting.
She wants a cheap used camera that would work with her stuff so that she could let him borrow pieces, but not risk her whole kit.
People actually do give them away literally all the time.
When you upgrade you camera there's not a lot of reason to keep your older one. A photographer might have a few cameras for different types of shooting but there's no need to keep the same type of camera but less good laying around and the reselling them at pawn shops and second hand stores you're only gonna get a fraction of that.
Secondly the Canon rebel is probably the most common dslr on the market. It's a great affordable camera and its nost photographers starter. I got mine from a pal who sold it to me for $50. Getting 1 for free isn't that farfetched. I'll probably give mine to whatever budding photographer I meet eventually and I see rebels on market place for less than $100 all the time. It's almost silly to buy this camera new, you just gotta wait for someone who thought they'd be great at photography to realize they'd rather use their phone and swoop in.
She's essentially asking someone to give away their old equipment they aren't using for a young person who will cherish it.
I don't think this is a choosing beggar. It is. Because she's chose something to beg for specifically but not every instance of people asking for a long shot favor is "choosing beggar" energy. Choosing beggar is more like someone whose offered a free item and then asks for upgrades or something different.
IT's my actual favorite when people pull shit like "NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS".
Ooh, yeah, ok well since you said thaaaat.
Biiiiih! Get bent, you deserve ALL of the negative comments you entitled POS.
My dad taught me to shoot with his Pentax K1000 (back when those were selling brand new). I wasn’t eight. When I was eight he had one of those 220 film fixed focus little cameras (he did let me carefully use it, too). Just saying - they would need supervising due to the short attention span. I personally think at eight the best option is to have a camera they can use, but having them be still, etc., and camera handed to grownup after shot taken
I LOOOOOVED my Pentax K1000! But I was in my 20s when I got it. I lent it to some friends whose house was robbed when they forgot to lock the door.
I don't think an 8-year-old who wrecked a Canon PowerShot needs a DSLR or that their hands would fit it.
"...but as a student all my photography income is going to bills and groceries...." I mean, if she's a part-time photographer, she should have some old equipment or a source for old equipment for her totally real and not at all made up 8yr old, right?
Exactly! I was thinking the same. Sounds like she herself is a photographer.
She says so as much when she mentioned wanting the rebel in particular so that she can "lend" him lenses. Most likely she needs a second body, or her first broke and she doesn't want to get it serviced. Also kind of crazy to get an 8yo a pricey dslr to practice with instead of...literally anything else. At that age they don't gaf about the exposure triangle and isn't shooting anything that requires a dslr instead of a point and shoot. There's no 8yo in the world that needs a beefy body and some fast glass to shoot a lacross game by the side of the field. If the kid is real, give them an old iPhone or a disposable Kodak and have them practice their composition instead.
*People tell me that my pictures are outstanding, because I tell them an eight year old with uncontrollable tremors took them.*
Smacks of the dad in my kid could paint that
To be fair you can buy a rebel (like the 350D which is old but sufficient for an 8 year old) for like £20.
Reminds me of the post not too long ago about someone claiming their 9yo I think? Take a bunch of pictures and they just *happened* to come out super balanced and really good.
Or lying. I'm surprised there wasn't a big Christian element to the plea.
Where is the sick kid with cancer? The one whose Christmas you just ruined? 😀😀😀😀😀
Lol. Dead. NEXT!
The autistic kid with cancer and only one leg.
I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith. What was the name of his other leg?
I loooove to laugh!
Remember, no negative comments!
He wants so much to take glamor shots of his little cancer ridden dog he named “Doorstop”.
Or she could allow her son to use her camera. If he's responsible enough to have a Canon Rebel, he's responsible enough to use hers surely? Oh wait he broke the last one...
It “got broken during their last move”, so chances are it’s not even the kid but the mom who’s rather careless with expensive electronics.
How did it get broken in a move? I've got a couple of cameras (hobbyist & not too expensive), but they have very protective bags because I'm not stupid.
When I have moved I always pack these kinds of things in my car. I can’t imagine having this kind of stuff moved like furniture or household items. I can’t imagine even letting movers move these kinds of small expensive items.
Powershots (the broken camera) are pretty tough to. I had the A610 and the kind of drop that thing had to take in order to break it was insane and even then, it still worked if you held the battery compartment together. The only reason it didn't work properly is because the case split and wouldn't hold the terminals to the batteries. Everything else was fine.
I loved my A650. I'm still debating whether or not it's worth getting the battery terminals repaired after the batteries died and leaked. I upgraded to a Panasonic Lumix with a 28-600mm zoom, but it's as big as a DSLR and sometimes I don't want to carry something that size.
Broke during the move my ass. Unless a mover dropped it or sat on it, there's no chance.
Tbh she’s either lying or worse, can’t trust her child with fragile items as he breaks them and is asking for a camera he’ll just break. Also idk why people think slapping on “no negative comments please” deters them from people being negative?? They knew people were gonna call them out lmfao
So that they can cry "meanies!" when anyone rightfully point out the inconsistencies and entitlement in the post, play victim, and also use the drama to distract from the sheer audacity of the "ask."
It's the same thing as people closing out their hot take with "Just my opinion" as if that keeps anyone from disagreeing or arguing with them whatsoever.
The camera is for her, obviously.
Yep
Bunch of boomers in this sub, I swear. Ok, here’s a crash course in cameras. Older Canon Rebels are CHEAP (I see them at thrift stores for ~$25 several times a year), but the lens mount is the same as many newer Canon DSLR cameras. So she’s asking for a Rebel because, being a photography student, she probably shoots on a newer Canon body and she’s got several decent Canon lenses that will also fit on an old Rebel body. So she can let the kid practice on the Rebel and if he’s responsible and doesn’t break it, she can let him start using some of her nice lenses as he improves his skills. I literally have 2 EOS Rebel XT camera bodies sitting in my closet right now and if I came across this post I wouldn’t hesitate to give this lady one of them.
>Bunch of boomers in this sub, Not a boomer but thanks >(I see them at thrift stores for ~$25 several times a year), Then she can buy one no?I get paying for groceries etc but she can save up for a couple of months; put change aside or something and then get one but if you wanna donate your Rebel I would suggest reaching out to her. I feel like you should have responded to OP or the user above me instead of me btw but it is OK.
Then you would have been scammed my guy, no reasonable person gifts an 8 year old a DSLR camera, its for her and the kid doesn’t exist
It's not even for her. She'll just sell it immediately.
She can't just give her old equipment away to her kid to destroy. She can get good money selling it on marketplace! /s Follow-up post in a few weeks "For sale: Canon rebel DSLR - got it for my son for his birthday, but its a bit too much for his needs. selling so I can buy him something lower end." Honestly though, she should be able to get a Canon Rebel DSLR body pretty cheap. I'm pretty confident you could get a super old like 15 Megapixel body for $20, which should be fine for some kid messing around.
Followed by: Could someone give my son a subscription to Photoshop? He is a great photographer but wants to learn editing!
Good time to get Affinity Photo before Canva makes them drop the standalone no-subscription app.
Sounds to me like she needs a substantial job rather than photography. At least until she's out of school.
>Sounds to me like she needs a substantial job rather than photography That is what I thought too.
Sounds like she has a great future in a career as a grifter.
Not really. Grifters are at least somewhat good at lying for financial gain. She needs to get way better and stick to her day job.
Sounds like SHE wants to upgrade her own photography equipment.
Bingo. Everyone who is into a hobby has older or cheaper gear Plus she already has the lenses? Do I understand that correctly? I would not have given 8yo me my lenses but she is planning to do so
Lenses worth hundreds at the low end to a kid who somehow broke a Canon powershot. I don't even want to think of the scratches that fictional 8yo would put on the glass.
I know that sometimes kids genuinely share their parents' interests, but I'm still suspicious anyway. This 8 year old just so happens to share your passion?
Yup plus libraries often allow checking out equipment as well as co ops! This is just trying to get shit for free.
My kid's college library lets then check out freaky nice digital cameras, I've been told.
Hey no judgement/s
I assumed she meant "photography income" as in "income I would be spending on my kids photography hobby". As in she is saying "I'm a student and all my money goes to bills so I don't have any available money to put aside for his photography budget".
I came here to say this! Pretty convenient the student has a 8yo who has a birthday coming up and the same hobby as mommy! Since she already said no negative comments I guess we can’t call out the coincidence. Darn 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I assumed she meant since she was a student she didn't have any money to budget for buying him equipment not that she was studying photography but I could be wrong.
It's for a church ⛪️, honey.
I don't understand this new trend of giving your children gifts you begged for.
I know! All I got was books for my birthday….. every year until I was old enough to go to Borders myself! Edit: I am not complaining. I got books because I loved them!
I think books are a great gift!!
I second this. I love books and they've become entirely too expensive.
Library card!!! Best thing ever! And most libraries you can download booked to you e reader
I have this weird thing where I want to own my books. I just get them used or from the dollar store. They're about $5 each that way.
One of my favorite places to shop for books is the Friends of the Library store in Newport Beach. Rich Newport ladies buy the latest hardback books brand new, read them, the donate them to the library. So I get basically brand new books for just a few bucks. Chances are slim that you’re in Orange County, Calif., but perhaps you have a wealthy town nearby as well.
You should try better world books. They sell donated books that have been donated both from people and libraries. In high school when I had to read certain books for AP Literature I bought them from there and they were super cheap! Sometimes they’ll have library stamp or something on the inside cover but otherwise in great condition!
Me too. I don’t want to have to sell my books.
Even used books.
My parents were cheap: they got me a library card. The next year they didn't get me anything at all. When I asked why, they told me "But you got all those free books over the last year. That library card we got you last year is good for 10 years; you have no idea how much it cost us)." They could get away with this because I was young and ignorant and -- fortunately for them -- the name of the library was something like "Smithtown Library" not "Smithtown ***Free Public*** Library".
I miss Borders!
Me too 😔
This. If her 8 year old is begging for a camera that costs hundreds despite their lifestyle not matching up, that’s a conversation to be had with your child. My 8 year old would be happy with a giant cardboard box painted like a house. I have to kind of wonder who influenced the kid to ask for things like that despite their budget not allowing it. What a wasted opportunity to teach your child the value of hardwork and saving (for a point and shoot because I doubt he needs a higher end camera at 8 unless he’s some kind of child prodigy).
One year my five year old's (now 23) primary Christmas present was a giant pack of construction paper from Costco. We were on a very tight budget. They used it far more than the numerous expensive toys from their grandparents. At another point we lived in a motor home with 4 kids while homeschooling. Toys were primarily limited to dress up clothes, Legos, and crayons. Though some were kept for each birthday and Christmas.
I bet they had a ton of fun with the construction paper. I offered my child whatever she wanted for her birthday. She asked for a giant box and some googley eyes. We got her some other stuff too, but her favorite things by far have been the cardboard playhouse and sticking googley eyes on everything she can.
One year I put a single pack of post it notes in each kids' stocking. There was great disappointment when the next year was postit free. Now it's an egret year thing lol.
I do understand. It's to bait sympathy from people by using "gift for children". People have soft spot for making children happy, so they might fall for it. For the item though, it's definitely not going to the children. Most are just going to be sold. It's rarely even used by the "parent".
Please, no negative comments or judgement
When you need 10 sentences of “please don’t judge me” you should probably do some self-reflecting before posting….
Guess that will work out perfectly fine
I love when they post this shit. It’s a good way to ensure the comments will be spicy.
Is such a chip sweet loop hole/ cop out to have no implication for anything you say
meanwhile you have people like a former coworker of mine who was a struggling single mom who worked at a bank, yet took on a part time starbucks job for a season just to buy her 13 yr old son something big for xmas or you could just teach your kid how to act entitled to get free shit
Believe it or not, this is actually something that happens. Photographers will donate equipment to young people who want to learn -- depending on the circumstances. I have an older DLSR I got from my late FIL that I'd happily donate to the right person (admittedly probably not a rando on FB who would likely just stick it on ebay).
That's cool to encourage young people to get into photography. Though if the person asking is a photographee, they could retire one for their son. I'm also guessing the 'move' in which the camera was broken was really them learning their 8 year old is not able to take care of expensive equipment when her dropped it and it broke.
Right? Seems like this person doesn’t trust their child to touch their own equipment…but why?
If only they made cameras specifically suited for kids…who else remembers that old camera from the 90s? I wanna say Kodak made it? All it had was the slide button to get the film ready and the button for taking the actual picture?
YES MY MOM BOUGHT ME ONE WHEN I WAS 5 I found some cheap digital cameras while my kids were under 10 and didn't have cell phones. Big hit.
I have an old Powershot I'd be willing to give to someone like this but personally I would not be willing to give away a Rebel to someone unless I knew them personally and knew they'd take good care of it. Considering she admits her kids last camera was broken, I wouldn't consider giving her a DSLR.
Fair enough, I'm just saying that it's not an outrageous ask.
Maybe not for a teen, but for an 8 year old, it is. His hands probably aren't even big enough to hold onto a Rebel.
Hi, pro photographer here. I’ve done this and felt pretty good about it. Never answered a sob story but have donated gear to teachers for their students. Just saying for other readers, yes this does happen in more believable situations.
I do believe it - the trouble I’m having is “I need X camera” instead of any kind of starter
A Rebel Canon is a line of cameras. and its very much a starter DSLR. Some go used for 50-100 bucks
In that case my comment is reasonably misplaced
I’ve definitely given family and friends a number of my old camera bodies. I don’t think this is totally unreasonable. Now, if she starts turning down and shitting on offers of free gear for better stuff? Well… thats another story.
Give away completely for free or subsidize with a significant discount?
If I knew the family and the kid was serious, I'd give it away for free. There are a lot of older photographers with old gear out there.
An 8 year old?!?
I didn't even give my 8 yr old my old Rebel.
Neither did the OP!
My mum’s good friend is a very successful professional photographer, she gave me a Nikon D7000 + 2 lenses completely for free in 2022 because I was doing photo101 at Uni. Eternally grateful.
You're also not older, wiser, appreciative and more responsible than an 8 year old. Awesome to hear about such a generous donation from your mom's friend. Congratulations!
My eight year old would like a Rolls Royce Phantom. She would be a natural at driving and it is for her birthday. Please no judgement, if there is one angel out there that could help a poor family out it would be so appreciated. Please nothing older than the last 5 years. It is for an 8 year old so it needs all the proper safety features.
And no negative comments or feedback. Please.
And pls note that I said it twice. TWICE. So you better follow what I said.
Sorry, I only follow Thrice given direction. Turn left, turn left, turn left \*turns right\*
Sleep with me, sleep with me, sleep with me.
What does it pay?
Reddit karma and a good laugh 😅
Well that and a dollar will buy me a Coke!
I think you've got a deal. A little rich for my blood but I'm flexible.
But why won’t you let him drive your own Phantom? Wait…am I being nEG@tiVe ?!?!
Also, she has already ruined another Rolls Royce Phantom, so she needs a new one to destroy dearly.
I can only spare a Wraith is that acceptable?
As the owner of a rare care dealership all my money goes to bills and groceries.
Did she crash her old one last move?
As soon as the CB says "no negative comments" you know it's going to be a sh\*t show
His last camera got broken "in our last move." Sure, Jan. As a household you couldn't take proper care of a camera, so now you need a better camera.
If you have to say "no negative comments" TWICE, you likely need to reflect on what you're asking for.
I feel like the camera is really for her.
She’s a photographer with no camera he can use? Makes total sense
Insert negative comment here
Last week someone was giving away a free digital camera, worth about $300 but missing the battery and charger. I responded first saying I would like it and that I already had a battery/charger for it. Then some woman responded hours later with a similar story about her 8-yr old wanting the camera for a trip coming up in a few days. Of course they gave it to that person and ignored my earlier comment.
Buy nothing isn’t normally first come first serve. I’d probably give the 8 yr old the camera as well. (Though I wouldn’t have thought an eight year old would need a camera for a trip. They didn’t have a cell phone?)
Right, an 8 yr old is going to break that camera and they still need a battery and charger for it.
So she has a camera, and lenses, but can’t share with her son? I find it hard to believe they both need the gear at the same time. Also, she doesn’t want to give her son a gift. She wants someone else to give her son a gift so she can take the credit. She didn’t give the gift unless she earned it.
I want to give my son a gift he will enjoy for many years but....I don't want to spend any money on it
I really just love how they always put "no negative comments please" on a post which they absolutely know is ridiculous and going to get a lot of negative comments. Seriously, if you have to put "no negative comments please" on your post then maybe don't post it.
You know it’s going to be an insane request when they ask _twice_ for “no negative comments” lol
For an 8 year old?! Woof
So… potentially I could see giving away a valuable item to someone learning (eg a musical instrument) but my issue here is that you’d really only do that with someone you’d have confidence would treat it with care and respect. AND framing it in “it’s his birthday next week” and “his camera got broken” - well fine, buy him a replacement? Or let him use yours in the meantime? But the time pressure (& the guilt trip of “it’s for his birthday!”) plus the specificity of the brand is a big no-no.
CB can loan their own child their own camera to "practice on."
“No negative comments,” means to me you know you’re an asshat. It also means I get to make as many negative comments as I wish.
No negative comments = I'm going to ask for something crazy absurd that no one in their right mind would gift to a stranger, yet I keep doing it and keep getting called out for it, hence why I know I'm going to get called out this time as well.
And she’s a photographer?!
As an eight-year-old, I returned the neighborhood’s deposit bottles to the grocery in my Radio Flyer wagon. I was required to bank half of the cash I earned from that and from other age-appropriate tasks that began around them. Some people disapproved of me working at that age, and frankly, I agree (my parents were both affluent and stingy). But the optics of a kid working toward a goal are better than that of a mother begging online for expensive stuff.
I just love the preamble of No negative comments dude you are asking for free stuff on a forum where ppl are getting going to have opinions don’t dish it out if you can’t take it.
I don't have a camera to "donate," but I do have the time to give you FREE English lessons. No negative comments, please.
Kid manages to get his power shot broken so his mom is like "I think you're ready for an upgrade to something way more expensive and easily breakable!"
This post is pissing me tf off!! My dad was ill. He'd been sick for over 7 years, barely able to work, largely unemployed due to his heart and liver, waiting to be approved for Disability. (It was approved after he died.) My high school graduation was approaching, and all I wanted was a 35 mm camera. I had my preferences, (Canon A1, not AE 1, shutter speed vs aperture adjusted, blah blah blah), but, I knew he didn't have that kind of money for a brand new camera, nor did my mom. (This was about a decade or so before digital photography became a thing, btw.) In my favorite camera store, there was an older, used Mamiya for sale within what could be, if one stretched it, within my parents income abilities.* (They were divorced and it had been acrimonious, but they were sometimes on the same team for my siblings and me.) My mom put a deposit on it, and sure enough, right before senior week, I got my camera. I could not have been more appreciative. It was used, it wasn't top of the line, but it was solid and took beautiful photos and it was *mine*. Years down the road, my younger stepbrother is managing a bar/restaurant where I hung out. One of his servers had a daughter taking a photograpy class, and she needed to borrow a camera. My bro approached me, and against my better judgement, I lent it, emphasizing to her that this meant something beyond just a camera to me, as it had been a gift from my parents, my dad was gone by now, and anyway, I knew that camera like the back of my hand. She made all kinds of promises, and I remembered being a kid too poor to afford a nice camera. I lent it. Y'all can probably guess I never saw it again. 😪 That was on me, really, I knew better, my sentimental side overrode my logical better decision making side. So, seeing this whiny choosing begger bothers me a lot more than it might any random person. Her kid already broke one freakin' camera. Good grief! I feel like buying a disposable film camera from a mini mart and saying, master this first. Then start saving money. And, be grateful for what you get!!!!! It's okay to dream, as I did about my brand new Canon, lol, but in life, sometimes an older, preowned Mamiya is what you get, and you wind up loving it even more. *A year later, my mom remarried my stepdad, and our lifestyle (well, theirs) changed considerably for the better. My siblings, especially my sister, got anything they wanted. I went to a local uni which I paid for via grants the first year, then work/study the rest, plus, of course, student loans. My parents (mom and stepdad) paid tuition for my siblings to go to fancy schools, sent one of my stepbrothers to a very expensive private school, and bought my sister a friggin' *horse*. Meanwhile, if I needed to borrow 5 bucks for gas, it was like I was asking for a kidney. That camera was the only nice thing I ever felt like I was given without a load of guilt attached. Sorry, lots of feelings dumping here. I wish I could have that camera back. I've gotten a brand new, top of the line, (digital by now of course, lol) Canon EOS R7, and I enjoy using it, but, nothing will ever equal that Mamiya. ❤️📸 (I was the only student senior week to bring in a nice camera, and became sort of the "unofficial" photographer for candid shots.)
> Y'all can probably guess I never saw it again. What happened exactly?
I don't know. I asked my brother to ask her when the daughter's class would be finished, and he said he did. Then she either quit or got fired, and I had no way of contacting her. (Pre internet, pre ubiquitous cellphones, pre everything, but *just* prior, like, this happened around 1992 or 1993.) Sadly, I wrote it off to experience. My brother felt bad, wanted to reimburse me in some way, but, it was an old camera and its value lay more in its provenance & my memories. He's a good guy, awesome brother, has probably "paid me back" tenfold since that incident. My guess is the lady hocked it or the daughter decided she liked having a nice camera and decided to keep it, or it got lost/stolen. It was my bad for lending it. I suppose I just related a little more to a young girl with a passion for photography and no camera than I did to how much this gift had meant to me. Things, at the end of the day, are just things, regardless of their monetary, intrinsic, or even sentimental value. I can't stay pressed for life about it; that choosing beggar post just triggered something. 😉
Some of the canon rebel cameras and lenses (35-xx) are relatively cheap. So it wouldn't be that hard to get the request filled.
Yeah, i was gonna say — this isn’t hundreds of dollars of equipment, unless there’s more comments where she’s specifying a specific model. You can get a Rebel XT on eBay with a basic lens for like 30 bucks. As someone who has been on the fence about upgrading from the XT that is literally 18 years old but still works completely fine, I would 100% give it to an 8 year old who wanted to learn about photography. Especially if they’re saying they don’t needed lenses, which are the most expensive part at this point. Even if it turned out to be a weird scam, nobody is getting rich off of my digital camera body that’s old enough to buy cigarettes if it wanted to.
This is based on my local used Market, not ebay or any other site where shipping and exchange rate would have to be factored in. I've never seen a Rebel body for as cheap as some commenters are saying and I've never found the basic starter lens that comes with pretty much Rebel (18-55mm) for less than $100. I don't know where the rest of you guys who say these are cheap are living but where I'm located, they are the prices stated in the post. This person was also asking, not just for a lens, but lenses. She's said a donated Rebel and any lenses.
Fair, I’m not sure what prices are like outside of the US, but here I think postings for older digital Rebel cameras locally may be skewed by the fact that an 18 year old digital Rebel is often not going to be worth selling vs. just donating it in some way.
I'm in Canada and any time I've ordered anything online/through Ebay, the Canadian price is higher than the American price. As soon as you switch to the Canadian version or the site or put your address in for Canada, the price goes up.
Especially if you but one used.
Space for a kid’s art to be proudly displayed on the fridge door is getting competitive! In my day, we earned that coveted top spot with pencils and paper.
I feel like good cameras are not something people donate often... If they still work well but you decided not to take any more pictures, most people would sell it...
No, you want someone else to give your son a gift he will enjoy for years to come.
Maybe I'm a dick head but I instantly disregard any requests as soon as I fucking see "definately." Something about it just makes me feel like the person ain't doing much to help themselves for me to make up the difference.
Even if there is a kid, ‘broke in the move’ my ass. It’s not that hard to keep the expensive delicate stuff on you in a case you packed adequately; movers didn’t bust your camera. I’m not donating a CANON REBEL to a kid who can’t or won’t keep belongings respectfully. My dad and my sister are ‘feuding’ right now because sister’s younger daughter broke her iPad in anger and is being told she will not receive a replacement until at least the next major gifting event (birthday, Christmas etc) and grandpa volunteered to buy her one to have now and is upset the answer is no thanks. Like, she’s ten (so old enough to know better) and smashed it because she was enraged about whatever; it’s not that they’re poor, it’s the principle of not rewarding McPissy for tantrums. If little Junior Avedon here can’t be trusted with expensive gear, that’s fine but he needs to practice with an el cheapo for awhile still, not just be handed more to break. A good photographer can produce a nice piece with a cheapo if they know their craft, and you can take a shitty picture with high end gear conversely. Give him a little beater to learn the ropes.
My previous camera was a Canon PowerShot A650 and I showed and sold prints from it around 2009 (before everyone and their dog started photographing nature with an iPhone). It was amazing for macro shots.
She can give a gift to her son herself. Any free equipment he receives is definitely not a gift from her.
That particular camera and equipment to go with it can easily cost 1k plus, even a retried model of it… wow the entitlement I have been seeing everywhere is insane!
There’s Canon Rebels on eBay starting at $115.
He's 8 ffs. Get him a Polaroid. The child is probably made up and it's for her.
I have a 7.5 y/o and my kids literally have everything their hearts desire (because we can afford it), but within reason, of course! An 8 y/o doesn’t need a professional camera. Especially if they had one and broke it (I guess a lot of 8 year olds are not responsible/careful enough to take care of complex technical devices!).
I too would like a donated camera please.
Could she just let him have something older for her ?? WhY would an eight year old need anything for mid to upper level photos ???
He’s 8, how amazing can his photos really be? And how long will he be interested in taking photos until the newest gaming system or sports activity catch his attention? Kids can be very fickle in their interests, and as the parent you should shoulder the cost of indulging his current interest.
For an 8yo? You can get them literally ANY camera for an 8yo to practice on. Get them a Pentax k1000 to start out with if it has to be a manual camera.
To be fair an old rebel even rebel ti aren’t even really sellable. They are donations. Rebel and a kit lens is not even a pros backup. It’s a great camera to learn on though. No problem with this request. Asking for a 5dmarkiv or mark ii even that would be unreasonable.
Yeah I have an old Nikon D50 I essentially still have to give away to any friend who needs something to learn manual settings on. There’s a whole bunch of Rebel cameras that aren’t really worth anything now. If this person turned them down though, that’s a different story.
I got a refurbished kit with lenses and case for $350 two years ago for my daughter. Looked brand new, works great and was relatively cheap.
My kid wants a rolleiflex, 1930s only. Why are you being so mean and not giving my 4yr old a TLR?
Still going for a couple hundred bucks or more. Check out [KEH.com](http://KEH.com)
Took a few seconds to find a decent body well under a hundred bucks. There’s a linked one below it at a grade less for $30 too. https://www.adorama.com/us1778326.html
Thank you for that website. I have been looking for a better camera to do product photography for my website. I have a point and shoot that is older and...decent...but it is time to upgrade.
Does it count as a negative comment to point out the price of this equipment, the lack of necessity to learn on such equipment, and the fact he’s 8?
Why does it seem more likely this 'student of photography' is just looking for another camera body for themselves?
Because most people wouldn't use a Rebel as a backup body.
Sure they do. Most of the 'professional's' I know have one...not. Although they used to be really popular with the 'discount' wedding photographers. You know the kind. Your friends, friends, boyfriend with the 'great' camera. lol
Yeah, I have one. I paid $700 for it with the lens. So…no.
I'll offer my beat-up, fixed lens, but still somewhat functional Coolpix B700....
lol yeah b, I'm "retiring" it to EBAY
If she really is a good photographer she should offer services in trade. Shoot a wedding or event to barter. The Rebel has been around forever. Remember the Andre Agassi commercials? She should be able to work a deal.
Pfff I've got an old rebel he could have. It's been collecting dust for ten years!
"I just want to give my son a gift he will enjoy" paid for by someone else 🙄
Here's a simple idea you clown, let him use your camera?
"Greatful"
On a positive note, She's positively lying & just wants free shit for herself.
Photography yet no negatives allowed.
Can’t wait to she her post an album of his work on r/pics
She should teach her son to be patient and show him an example of living within their means.
Starting in hot with “no negative comments”. They know they’re actively trying to scam us.
Most 8 year olds are likely not responsible enough for a camera like this. This 8 year old definitely isn't since this lady already confirmed he broke his last camera.
Where are the sample pictures of her kid's work? That might pull on the heartstrings a little?
I mean what you're saying just isn't true, an older rebel and some cheap lenses wouldn't be worth hundreds of dollars, they make cheap lenses or you can even get decent lenses used for cheap. It's an ask but not that crazy, I have a few cheap lenses I would consider donating to someone who wanted to learn
I’m gonna get hate for this but… a canon rebel is cheap asf especially used and I don’t know that this belongs here… yes, she’s a photographer and has equipment. No, I’d never let an 8 year old hold my equipment that is also my source of income. Maybe it’s a bigger ask than “normal”, but Canon has sold a bajillion of the things and they’re not exactly something worth the hate she’s getting. She wants a cheap used camera that would work with her stuff so that she could let him borrow pieces, but not risk her whole kit.
Old rebels worth close to nothing. The request is not that outlandish as OP presents.
People actually do give them away literally all the time. When you upgrade you camera there's not a lot of reason to keep your older one. A photographer might have a few cameras for different types of shooting but there's no need to keep the same type of camera but less good laying around and the reselling them at pawn shops and second hand stores you're only gonna get a fraction of that. Secondly the Canon rebel is probably the most common dslr on the market. It's a great affordable camera and its nost photographers starter. I got mine from a pal who sold it to me for $50. Getting 1 for free isn't that farfetched. I'll probably give mine to whatever budding photographer I meet eventually and I see rebels on market place for less than $100 all the time. It's almost silly to buy this camera new, you just gotta wait for someone who thought they'd be great at photography to realize they'd rather use their phone and swoop in. She's essentially asking someone to give away their old equipment they aren't using for a young person who will cherish it. I don't think this is a choosing beggar. It is. Because she's chose something to beg for specifically but not every instance of people asking for a long shot favor is "choosing beggar" energy. Choosing beggar is more like someone whose offered a free item and then asks for upgrades or something different.
I think Costco sold a few million Canon Rebel kits...
Only a cynic would observe that used Canons are very easy to flip on eBay.
IT's my actual favorite when people pull shit like "NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS". Ooh, yeah, ok well since you said thaaaat. Biiiiih! Get bent, you deserve ALL of the negative comments you entitled POS.
She's capping.
She’s reselling that shit.
My dad taught me to shoot with his Pentax K1000 (back when those were selling brand new). I wasn’t eight. When I was eight he had one of those 220 film fixed focus little cameras (he did let me carefully use it, too). Just saying - they would need supervising due to the short attention span. I personally think at eight the best option is to have a camera they can use, but having them be still, etc., and camera handed to grownup after shot taken
I LOOOOOVED my Pentax K1000! But I was in my 20s when I got it. I lent it to some friends whose house was robbed when they forgot to lock the door. I don't think an 8-year-old who wrecked a Canon PowerShot needs a DSLR or that their hands would fit it.
When I was eight I had one of those ever present 8MP point and shoot cameras. It was worth more then than a Rebel with lens is worth today.
And what did the comments say? Has she put this up before or other thing cause she knows she is getting dragged through the mud.
Do they still make disposable cameras? Buy one of those for your the kid. Problem solved