Do you ever gift gear to newbies or friends or family who want to get into photography? I sent a 50mm Canon EF lens to a friend because he likes photography and photo editing, but he’s got a shit zoom kit lens. It’s really soul to have a bunch of gear laying around so you can give it to someone else.
>>4505174I am holding onto my APS-C kit to give to my nephew but I am afraid he is turning into the generic zoomer-alpha brainrot kid. If something is not instant success or "lookmaxxed" he is not interested. I had a theme of giving Lego sets as gifts, turns out they are a whole lot of fun for his father and he only looks at them when they are finished and are promptly forgotten. We had a common theme with my cousins of DIY-ing and building things but it is absolutely absent from the kid. I am devastated.
>>4505174yeah, I gifted my old EF 18-55mm (aps-c lens) to my photography friend. Who shortly after stopped photographing due to not having enough time :/Now he is just my friend.
>>4510188Oh, and I gifted my old Zenit with the Helios lens to my best friend a year ago. He never even touched it… What the fuck am I doing wrong haha
>>4505174I've gifted X700, Rebel 2000, and a Nishika N8000
>>4505174Yeah I gave my mate an Olympus lens because he gave me such a good deal on a 1Ds2. I gave another friend a Pentax Zoom WR90 to get him started out on film.
