On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:15 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > A lot of photography classes still include B&W darkroom. In theory, some > basics (shutter speed, aperture, exposure, sunny16 ...) are learned > better when the student has to understand them without just looking at > the little TV on the back of the camera. A bus driver friend has a friend with a daughter in high school. They needed to buy a 35mm film camera, no digital. Dave > > The school I attended required every first year student to have a medium > format camera when I started it back in 2005. When I returned to finish > my degree in 2010, first year students were required to have a > Canon/Nikon DSLR (so they could use the school's lenses) and the school > provided medium format cameras (through equipment check-out) for the > students to use in those lessons. Students just had to buy their own > film & chemistry. > > My first year we had a materials and processes class that covered the > basics & the chemistry of film, film processing and printing paper. When > I went back, the first year students still had to learn those, but the > course now included the chemistry of inks & ink jet papers. > > Plus film is very hip now-a-days. > > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
