This may be totally off the subject, bur I found that the Lumix FZ5 is a brilliat student camera bacause of it's options for totally manual control. 5 MP is enouhg for learning.
For a film camera I think the Pentax K2 is brilliant. REGARDS Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Sep 28, 2012 12:02 "Gasha" <cir...@konts.lv> wrote: > I really like that silver based paper and archival properties of BW > materials. > Every time i look at fading 6-year old Fuji Color print, i know that i > will print more BW. > > Of course, there is that "magic" also :) > > Gasha > > On 09/27/2012 09:57 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > > The students I know that have taken this classes really enjoyed > > using > > film and the darkroom work. With so much electronic these days, > > they > > rarely get to produce something like that by hand. There's still > > something magic about the print appearing in the developer tray. > > > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:45 PM, David J Brooks<pentko...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:15 PM, John > >> Sessoms<jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> 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 > >>> 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. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > >> www.caughtinmotion.com > >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > >> York Region, Ontario, Canada > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.