Interesting that you mention the 50mm. I'm taking a portrait photography course. The instructor recommended finding a 50mm 1.8 lens. It seems at 75mm equivalent, with that wide aperture, it's a fine portrait lens.
See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 8/5/07, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do have to agree that a plain old photography course should be taught > in the digital medium. Quite simply, it*s the dominant medium for > those who take snapshots and those who do photography for a living. If > people are going to have digital cameras in their hands, that that*s > what they should use when they learn. Whenever there is a paradigm > shift, there is always a tendency to include the older approach > *because it*s the best way to learn*, Unfortunately, it*s > mostly the older generation trying to recapitulate their learning path > for the new kids. The better approach is to work up some new pedagogy > appropriate to the new techniques. I*m not saying playing in a > darkroom wouldn*t expand your understanding of light, exposure, etc., > but it*s no longer the best way to start. You have to learn on the > tool you*re going to use. Of course, the language will change as > well. If the APS-C sensor sticks around then younger photographers will > think of the 50 mm as a short telephoto. To me, this is as it should > be. Hell, I*M starting to think like that. > > >>> Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/4/2007 10:28 PM >>> > There are some minor benefits to teaching photography the old way, > but it's quickly becoming an anachronism. For today's photographer > learning digital processing is much more important than learning to > work with chemicals. That's a dead end. You can teach exposure > without having to force students to shoot with antiques. Just set up > some heavily weighted exposure compensation situations and make them > work for their knowledge. Studying Latin is more productive than > studying film photography. > Paul > On Aug 4, 2007, at 6:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
