Which (if any) digital for 80year old

My grandfarthers old film camera has recently died and he anounced today hes seen a digital camera in tesco for £80 and asked (through the mother message service) what i think.
Hes 80 doesnt own a computer and has never used one. What are the options for him? I'm not too sure how he will manage with changing ink cartrages and paperjams and the like with a pic-bridge printer. Unfortunatly he lives 300miles away so I cant use my computer to upload his shots for him.
My initial thoughts are to sugest he gets a APS film camera and continues sending films away like he did with the old unit.
Any advice would be good.
Thanks

J

well he could just buy a digicam, and have it taken to a store for prints.

So much depends on his motivation. I outfitted my aunt with a Kodak compact and a PC. Though she is 800 miles away, she has been very active in learning how to use the PC, is able to download pics, is able to email and print them as well. She got connected to a local seniors computer group and absolutely loves the machine. Now I did the same with my father in law with completely different results. Though he has taken to the computer just fine, but he remains completely frustrated moving the pics from the camera.

If he goes digital, either he's going to have to buy a lot of memory cards, get someone to burn his pics to CD, or resign himself to getting the original prints and never any reprints after he's deleted them. On the whole, I think you're right - he should go with a film camera unless he's prepared to enter the wonderful world of computers. He can always get the negatives scanned to CD at the time he gets them developed.

My parents (who have just recently retired) gave up on the digital camera because they find it frustrating to learn. They are just so used to taking photos, taking the film in and getting them developed. A lot has to do with the motivation of the person to learn and use the medium. If he is up to learning it, I would say why not. If he's more comfortable with what he's always been doing, then the APS solution would be great.

I would also say a film camera is in order here.

You can always bring the CF card to someplace lke CVS or possibly even Wallymart an they will give you the prints as well as tossing them on CD for ya.

yeah that was the first thing i said....but noone seems to like that idea gjl711 lol.

[ahem]... 'We' are both over 70. We have two neighbor friends well over 80. ALL are 'decent' at running their computers, and some cameras.

'Age' is not a real factor. **Desire** to do it is ALL a factor. The real problem is the OVERALL learning curve. Mrs. 283 and I have been at it for....eight years now. The older of our neighbors has been around six years... and he has the technical help of a pretty savvy 50 year old 'Kid'.

If Gramps is not a computer guy, he's going to have to learn... at least some of it. And that seems to relate fairly closely with what he did... in his working life. Did he do stuff that involved using his head to solve 'how to do' things? Or was he maybe a farmer, whose very valuable work....only requires responding to things?

That's the best info a True Geez' can give you... straight from the Horse's Mouth.

283CID wrote in post #2588143
..... That's the best info a True Geez' can give you... straight from the Horse's Mouth.

Or maybe from the choppers sitting in the glass by the night stand.
Sorry, just had to spike it home.

gjl - you can get in serious trouble trying to misattribute quotes.

Jon

Nope!... Got all my own! Her, too !!! I *will* admit thanks to a few crowns [Both of us] and her two implants !!!

Jay12329 wrote in post #2587057
My grandfarthers old film camera has recently died and he anounced today hes seen a digital camera in tesco....... What are the options for him?....

If he's still healthy and can afford it, then he has the same options as anyone else. It's never too late to learn enough about computing, the Internet and digital photography to get a lot of enjoyment out of it all.

teekay...I look across at Victoria... Where you ?

Well after 5 mins looking I found a Canon IXUS APS camera on e-bay. £7 with 2 films. So ill see how he gets on with that.
Thanks for the advice.
J

Well, in this world where everything has gone digital nowadays, I think age is irrelevant.
No matter how old we are, we are ALWAYS IN LEARNING MODE.

As for your grandfather, there should be no issue for him to go to a digital camera. He doesn't necessarily need to have a computer if he chooses to not have one.
Let's take a look and consider some factors. If you decide to get him, let's say, Canon SD450 5 megapixel camera. I think finding a camera with a large view LCD would be good which is about 2.5" considering his sight. Maybe find one with a 3" screen. Now with a 5megapix camera, you can get him a 1 Gig memory card which would give him room to shoot amost 400 pictures (which I don't think he would max out).

Now there's a couple options here. He can go to a local outlet that will process the pictures, just like film, from the momory card as most places are doing now. If that is not possible, then assuming you go to visit him from time to time, you can help him get the pictures from the camera and process to prints. Even if you get him two 1 gig cards... that is room for about 800 pics. I wouldnt think he would get to the second card, unless he loves taking pics

What do you think?

Here's a link to give idea of card capacities
http://www.crucial.com …y/guides/flash/​page02.asp