----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead)
>>The only valid arguement I can see for forcing people to learn >>exposure on film is that you can force them to use full manual >>cameras, and force them to learn about light. > > Right on, brother! One of the people I tutor in photography would > certainly benefit from this, and I expect this isn't an isolated case. > > If some manufacturer made a DSLR that a real digital equivalent of the > K1000 (manual focus, manual exposure), I expect they'd be able to sell > them to lots of colleges and other places that teach photography > courses. I don't expect it to happen, because I don't think this market > alone would be big enough to support the product. I could turn a K10 into a manual exposure only camera pretty easily with a judicious application of JB Weld to the exposure mode dial. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
