High school graduation gift?

[knj]

Contemplating a film camera for a high school graduation gift for young man headed of to college. He will be studying video production or some such field. He does a lot of digital work and for a kid I think does well. He has expressed some interest in learning film and b and w processes.

So this leads to the question. What camera would you recommend for an eighteen year old? If you have a specific recommendation I would appreciate a specific source, perhaps of one cla'ed and/or restored and ready to go. By restoration I refer to functional, not cosmetic issues.My graduation gift in 1979 was an OM1.
At school we had access yashica tlr. What about a vintage folder? I like my bessa II. I gave my daughter a certo six. I have a couple c400 in the basement--when they show up on Craigslist for next to nothing I feel obligated to give them a home. I am leaning toward medium format or 4x5. He would have access to darkroom as long as he is dating my daughter where he could do up to 8x10. I was really think yashica tlr or mamiya c330. Comments welcome.

Regards

Ken

 

[Sirius Glass]

It depends on your budget, what you have available, and his inclinations. The last one is hard for those of use who do not know him.

 

[knj]

I don't want to do anything ridiculous but budget not a huge constraint. I don't think anyone can predict his inclinations but I think he would take anything and run with it. He is very creative and abstract thinking. I am just hoping to plant a seed.

 

[Bill Burk]

Give him something tough and low-value but capable of delivering high quality images so if it gets tossed behind a desk nothing bad will happen.

Like maybe a Mamiya C330.

If you're thinking 35mm go for simple like a Pentax K 1000

 

[Canuck]

Olympus OM series, Canon FTB, Minolta SRT102 are some cameras I would consider and they will not set you back too much, just in case the camera does not get the love they deserve Also, still lots of accessory lenses at reasonable prices.