Quote Originally Posted by kellybean
Why don't you want to use yours? I'm curious. I would be so frustrated if I had to take all the shots with a lesser camera. Of course, you don't want to lend it out to others so that may be a factor.

How old are the kids at the school?

I took 95% of the photos for my high school yearbook when I was a senior. I used (at the time) my dad's 35mm Pentax. It turned out great, and my camera was not damaged at all, of course no one else ever used it.

I don't want to use mine simply because I just bought it in January and have already taken 2700 pictures on it. I know that may not be many to some of you - and on another board I was reminded that my DRebel was not a "Jewel", but I had a Canon Film Rebel before and know how expensive they are to repair, just trying to avoid wearing it out on something other than my kids! I will probably use mine some when needed - but the school is willing to buy a camera and I thought I would get what I could for the money allowed.

The school is a very small private school. K-12 there are only 165 students.

Thanks,
Shelby