I think it depends on how the school views their mission. If they are preparing people for jobs, they will be heavily weighted towards digital. Not much use for film based skills in the job market.
If they are more on the side of the arts or personal improvement they will probably still offer film classes. There are a lot of people that think you get a better grasp on digital if you start with film. That's only because of the historical accident of the way most of us old guys learned. Actually, It's the other way around. The feedback you get with digital is so quick that you can learn much more about the basics of photography much faster. Then when you progress to the slow moving world of film and chemicals you have a good mental model of exposure and can concentrate on the specifics of the materials. gs George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Kenton Brede <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: >> I still see film cameras like the K1000 and MX listed for >> sale as "student" cameras. Question is are they still using >> film cameras rather than digital in photography classes in >> high schools and colleges? Seems like a basic DSLR would be >> more appropriate in today's day and age. > > I'm currently enrolled in a 35mm film photography class at our local > community college. We were given Vivitar cameras with a 50mm F/1.8 > lens. The darkroom has about 10 enlargers. They also offer a color > 35mm class, which utilizes a different darkroom. They also have a > large format photography course, and I'm told a medium format class. > I've also been told that a new building is being built and they'll > leave the color film class behind, when that happens. I'm not in the > program, but it looks like it is mostly digital, but if you wish, you > can spend quite a bit of time with film. > > -- > Kent Brede > http://kentonbrede.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
