"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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You on the other hand are saying they are different and digital is so
different that its hard to teach photography with digital but still
can't tell us why.

I've told you time and time and time again, and because you've NEVER
taught probbaly anything in yuor life so you don't understand.

We're having similar problems herwe with studetn NOT understanding the
basics.

So let's assume you start with a person who knows very little about
photography but wants to learn the basics and then eventually to become a
good photographer.

Suppose you intend to teach them about to begin with about aperture/depth of
field, shutter speed for stopping motion or letting it blur, judging correct
exposure (metering), focussing, composition etc. Do you believe that they
will learn learn more thoroughly and/or more quickly if they use a film
camera than if they use a digital camera, assuming all details of the
camera's capabilities (eg auto modes that can be turned off requiring use of
manual settings, using SLR rather than compact etc) remain the same?

I accept that they will learn about matters that are specific to film, such
as choice of film (manufacturer, slide/neg, B&W/colour) and limitations such
as reciprocity failure at extremes of exposure, but is knowledge of those
actually essential to be a good photographer nowadays when most people, both
amateurs and professions, use digital?

I'm assuming that to begin with you are strict about which automatic
exposure modes they may/may not use, and likewise that you insist on manual
focus - those automatic features and the ability to turn them off and use
manual modes are the same on both film and digital - assuming you are not
insisting that for film they use a very old manual-only camera which would
probably be very hard to find these days.


Even though I *have* taught people things, mainly class teaching on training
courses at work and as 1:1 training/demonstrating/teaching of the use of
computers, I'm having great difficulty in understanding why teaching of the
principles of photography is so much better when using a film camera than a
digital one. Indeed I'd say that the fact that students get immediate
feedback of how making camera adjustments will affect the final photo is a
very definite reason why teaching on digital is better. True, they don't
learn about film-specific limitations, but is that relevant nowadays? Sorry
if that last sentence is rather heretical!