Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1. What is a photographic negative?
2. What is a photographic transparency?
3. Does an f2 ("faster") lens admit more light to the film than an f11 lens?
4. Does a "faster" shutter speed admit more or less light to the film?
(I should be charging you for this.)
>Okay, gang, let's give a quiz....
>The new semester starts for me tomorrow at 7 p.m., and I am planning to
>give a short, simple quiz - multiple choice - to get a sense of what my
>students do and don't know about the basics of photography - mechanics,
>not history or aesthetics.
>
>I don't care if they've ever shot film, know anything about processing
>or printing. What I want to know is what they know about using a camera
>- digital or film.
>
>I have plenty of questions, but I wonder what any of you would ask...
>
>Thanks -
>B. D.
>
>P.S. I don't care if they know which version of the pre-asph 50
>Summicron is considered the best by Erwin Puts, nor do I care, or could
>I ask, if they know what a NOOKY is...:-)
(snip)
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Regards,
Dick
Boston MA