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Aug 15, 2023 13:16:19   #
home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana
 
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850 with the 70 to 200 lens
The combined weight is slightly over 5 pounds. I told her she was not strong enough. She replied "yes i am". I have watched her pick up her 50 pound younger 4 year old brother so I thought maybe she is right.
I showed her how to hold the camera and then put the strap around her neck and watched her struggle to lift the camera to her eye. She learned that sometimes gramps is right. She has used the d500 with the 18 to 300 before. but is sure scary to watch. It is interesting to see the results

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Aug 15, 2023 15:10:57   #
SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA
 
home brewer wrote:
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850 with the 70 to 200 lens
The combined weight is slightly over 5 pounds. I told her she was not strong enough. She replied "yes i am". I have watched her pick up her 50 pound younger 4 year old brother so I thought maybe she is right.
I showed her how to hold the camera and then put the strap around her neck and watched her struggle to lift the camera to her eye. She learned that sometimes gramps is right. She has used the d500 with the 18 to 300 before. but is sure scary to watch. It is interesting to see the results
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850... (show quote)


Picking up weight with your arms is a lot different than holding it in your hands and bringing it to your eye.

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Aug 15, 2023 15:25:19   #
DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
 
home brewer wrote:
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850 with the 70 to 200 lens
The combined weight is slightly over 5 pounds. I told her she was not strong enough. She replied "yes i am". I have watched her pick up her 50 pound younger 4 year old brother so I thought maybe she is right.
I showed her how to hold the camera and then put the strap around her neck and watched her struggle to lift the camera to her eye. She learned that sometimes gramps is right. She has used the d500 with the 18 to 300 before. but is sure scary to watch. It is interesting to see the results
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850... (show quote)


Show us the photos she took. Does she have a UHH account yet?

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Aug 15, 2023 15:38:02   #
E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
 
home brewer wrote:
My 5-year-old grand daughter wanted to use my d850 with the 70 to 200 lens
The combined weight is slightly over 5 pounds. I told her she was not strong enough. She replied "yes i am". I have watched her pick up her 50-pound younger 4-year-old brother so I thought maybe she is right.
I showed her how to hold the camera and then put the strap around her neck and watched her struggle to lift the camera to her eye. She learned that sometimes gramps is right. She has used the d500 with the 18 to 300 before. but is sure scary to watch. It is interesting to see the results
My 5-year-old grand daughter wanted to use my d850... (show quote)


Little Brother is no "dead weight" a heavy camer and lens is. Little brothers enjot being picked up by bigger sites and kinda help with the lift- cameras don't

My advice- get your granddaughter a small set of lightweight kid's colorful dumbells so she can work out. Get her a lightweight camera and of cell phone and teach her photography.

Now she knows Gramps is right! When she becomes a teenager, she may "reevaluate" the wisdom of her parents and grandparents It all turns out well in the end. We know- we have a daughter, 3 granddaughters- and one son. The boys are seriously outnumbered!

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Aug 15, 2023 15:41:33   #
scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR
 
SuperflyTNT wrote:
Picking up weight with your arms is a lot different than holding it in your hands and bringing it to your eye.


Right. If I have to move a 40-lb bag of kitty litter, I have to grasp it with both arms and hug it to my body and struggle with it out to the car. No way could I lift it above my chest area.

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Aug 15, 2023 17:35:08   #
home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana
 
she has not mastered the camera yet although her 8 year old sister gets it correct sometimes when using the D850 with the 24 to 70 mm. I never relax knowing the replacement cost is $4,400 or $5,150 for the longer zoom

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Aug 15, 2023 17:44:22   #
Chiroman8
 
Dear Home Brower,

I know what you are talking about ,would be interested to see a few pictures she took !

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Aug 16, 2023 00:28:32   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
home brewer wrote:
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850 with the 70 to 200 lens
The combined weight is slightly over 5 pounds. I told her she was not strong enough. She replied "yes i am". I have watched her pick up her 50 pound younger 4 year old brother so I thought maybe she is right.
I showed her how to hold the camera and then put the strap around her neck and watched her struggle to lift the camera to her eye. She learned that sometimes gramps is right. She has used the d500 with the 18 to 300 before. but is sure scary to watch. It is interesting to see the results
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850... (show quote)


Couldn't you borrow a second camera? Bet you would have gotten great pictures of your grand daughter with the D850!



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Aug 16, 2023 07:39:13   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
home brewer wrote:
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850 with the 70 to 200 lens
The combined weight is slightly over 5 pounds. I told her she was not strong enough. She replied "yes i am". I have watched her pick up her 50 pound younger 4 year old brother so I thought maybe she is right.
I showed her how to hold the camera and then put the strap around her neck and watched her struggle to lift the camera to her eye. She learned that sometimes gramps is right. She has used the d500 with the 18 to 300 before. but is sure scary to watch. It is interesting to see the results
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850... (show quote)


I would set her up for that set up on a tripod & stay with her so you can move it where she wants it until she gets strong enough. Can also show her that full auto takes a great photo, & how Aperture affects the photo & the A mode might be best for her. Just a thought. The other option would be a decent point & shoot with different modes. Happy shooting.

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Aug 16, 2023 07:51:08   #
TerryVS
 
home brewer wrote:
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850 with the 70 to 200 lens
The combined weight is slightly over 5 pounds. I told her she was not strong enough. She replied "yes i am". I have watched her pick up her 50 pound younger 4 year old brother so I thought maybe she is right.
I showed her how to hold the camera and then put the strap around her neck and watched her struggle to lift the camera to her eye. She learned that sometimes gramps is right. She has used the d500 with the 18 to 300 before. but is sure scary to watch. It is interesting to see the results
My 5 year old grand daughter wanted to use my d850... (show quote)


Yes, it has happened to me! My son was first published in a major metropolitan newspaper at 8, interned there at 9 and youngest member ever (at the time) of the National Press Photographer Association at 10. Stop worrying about weight handling, that ability will come with age. Show her how to rest the camera on something or use a tripod. Encourage the shooting aspect! She a little sponge right now, give her all the information she can hold!

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Aug 16, 2023 08:06:26   #
Peteso Loc: Blacks Hills
 
A five-year-old has no business being responsible for a $5000 camera.

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Aug 16, 2023 08:53:35   #
mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA
 
home brewer wrote:
she has not mastered the camera yet although her 8 year old sister gets it correct sometimes when using the D850 with the 24 to 70 mm. I never relax knowing the replacement cost is $4,400 or $5,150 for the longer zoom

Then why do you let her do it? It’s perfectly alright to tell a child NO once in awhile.

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Aug 16, 2023 09:35:35   #
Peteso Loc: Blacks Hills
 
Amen!

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Aug 16, 2023 09:53:38   #
Strodav Loc: Houston, Tx
 
Thanks for sharing. Precious memories. Did you get a photo? My grandkids are just a bit older, but use their iPads to take video / photos. They got use to ipads when the schools were closed and they were taking classes via Zoom.

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Aug 16, 2023 10:05:49   #
nikon123 Loc: Toronto, Canada
 
I was fully expecting to read that the camera was dropped. I’m glad that such was not the outcome!

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