Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, if you have 11 out of 15 newbie students who own a fast fixed focal length lens in 1999, you're EXTREMELY lucky....I'd say out of our students, over half only have the short plastic zoom that came on their plastic-lens-mount EOS !! The workshop situation may be very different, but in our basic classes, half only take the class because they have to, and another 40% take it because it's "neat" or sounds good, and fits a slot in their schedule. Out of approximately 4 groups (80 folks) we may have 4-5 who bring with them a prior interest and some knowledge of photography. We consider it fortunate indeed if we end up with half a dozen serious folks out of that group of 80!! Walt On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, David Medley wrote: > Doctor, (If I may call you by your first name) I think I just might do > that. I have asked that they each bring their fastest, single focal length > lens. I know for a fact that out of about 15 people, there will be at least > 3 or 4 who do not own a fixed focal length lens. > > As far as taping the switches on the cameras to only operate on > manual....well...let me tell you something. On my last workshop (last month) > I spent at least 3 hours of my time trying to read their camera manuals just > to figure it out myself. This time I told them to read their own manual and > figure it out because I would not take the time to learn 6 or 7 camera > systems over the weekend. > > > > > At 10:59 AM 7/23/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >If I had any choice in the matter, I would give each of them: > > > > > >1 - manual camera > > >1 - 50mm (or 35mm) lens of large aperture > > >100 - rolls of side film. > > > > > >Wow...what a great 3 days that would be! > > > > Dr. Blacktape Suggests... > > > > Bring a roll of Black Tape to the first session. Inspect each student's > > camera and use the Black Tape to turn each of the Zooms into a 50 or 35 > for > > the three days. Additionally, turn all the function switches to Manual and > > then place a piece of Black Tape over the switches. > > > > You will have given them all manual cameras with nothing but "prime" > > lenses. And you will have struck a blow for Dr. Blacktape and his faithful > > companion, Tootsie.. ;-) > > > > > > http://members.tripod.com/B_D_Colen/ADayInOurLife > >