That's a good choice. As you say, a little over budget but it is a fine selection for what he has planned.

Phil

Probably something from Panasonic's Lumix series or the Canon Powershot line would be my recommendation. If he's willing to go used, the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 series would be an excellent choice.

I've been scanning my old slides, negatives, and prints using my Sony a7iii. You can do a lot of the equipment DIY or purchase equipment. The bottom line is it can be done quickly, and relatively inexpensively. Plus, the camera can interface directly with Lightroom.

For a complete picture, I would recommend watching an old B&H video of Peter Krogh, a photographer from Bethesda, Maryland who gave a presentation on digitizing and managing the collection of material. It's worth your time to think about managing the collection regardless of what method you use to digitize the old material.

Here's a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxmFjvFLPu4&t=753s

Very nice capture. Congratulations.

It's hard to believe after our rush to digitize everything but in the long run, prints and books will be the archive that survives all changes.

I live in Tidewater Virginia. Whereabouts (generally speaking) do you live and have such amazing vistas nearby?

Whatever you are doing as teacher/mentor, keep up the good work. She has an artistic eye.

Hampton Roads Digital Photography Club did an exercise in street photography at Norfolk Waterside. I managed to capture these images. Let me know what you think.

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Absolutely stunning work. My compliments, sir.

I did a little work in Lightroom to make him a little more visible but that was all him.

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Go as wide as you can with an f stop of 2.8 or better (a 1.4 is wonderful.) Remember, you are trying to capture as much light as you can in as short a time as you have.

I agree. There are quite a few file management things I like to do with my collection that the mobile version just doesn't support yet. So, I will undoubtedly end up in Lightroom Classic.

However, as I get older (ugh!), traveling with a laptop is just getting harder and harder. I will now travel with the iPad Air and a small 2TB SanDisk drive to manage my travel photos and give them initial processing. I can link the files I select to my desktop through my iPad and transfer the full files once I get home. Having that ability in such a small and light package is a game changer for me.

One of our local developments and some businesses sponsor a live concert series in our town. We go down with some libations and food to enjoy the afternoon. I usually take may camera in case there are some interesting shots to see.

At the last one we attended, a six-year-old boy played drums for the Bobby Blackhat Band. Bobby is a great promoter of younger musicians and this kid was really good.

While there, I got close enough to the stage to get a few shots of the kid playing the drums.

He was hard to see but I like the moment I caught. A little Lightroom magic helped hightlight him.

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I thought this was a good shot of him in action.

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Here he is after his set.

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