We have two sections of film photography each at W&L. They use the two 8 person darkrooms. They always fill up. They use a lot of Pentax film camera, two of which I donated.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Bong Manayon <bongmana...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are two programs in the school I teach in > (http://www.dls-csb.edu.ph); one is a multi-media arts program (MMA) a > sort of generic track and a photography specific (AB Photo) program. > The MMA has long gone digital but has a black and white photo elective > (which I teach). The AB Photo has a Alternative Processing subject > which taught salt paper prints, albumen then we recently incorporated > black & white into it since that is now "alternative" given that > digital is mainstream. There is also large format photography. > > Right now we are suffering from a shortage of black and white film, > our only supplier is Fuji and someone from another school bought the > existing 35mm stock (I managed to buy a bulk of the 120). Wet > printing is done for demo purposes since the quality of paper we have > here is iffy. For final plates and exhibits we go hybrid and scan the > negatives. > > "Student" film cameras is a sliding issue since most have DSLRs to > begin with and may dabble only in film cam for a particular subject > (we have Nikon loaners--all in bad shape). Eventually some actually > discover film and invest in their own; but in the meantime I have a > group of students bringing their Dianas... > > Bong > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> While my niece was taking photography in high-school (2 years) they >> gave them 35mm film cameras (I don't know what make). The curriculum >> was big on old-school methods and basics. They even did stuff like >> photograms. >> >> As far as I know they did not graduate to digital cameras. The niece >> has one though, as I made sure of that. I very nice K-x. :-) >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> 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. >>> >>> ----------------- >>> J.C.O'Connell >>> hifis...@gate.net >>> ----------------- >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://bong.manayon.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
