A camera that will allow you to do manual everything: manual focus, manual aperture (mechanically/dial), manual shutter speed, manual ISO. Raw would be good. Basically a digital K1000. My daughter learned this way and now this is the only way she shoots and she has excellent instincts for light and exposure. The biggest issue is that unless you have a full-frame, the viewfinder is probably going to suck. This makes focus pretty tough in many situations.
I think the K100D is pretty basic and probably has all these characteristics. And its cheap. There might be a newer version of this. On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> What would you set as minimum requirements for a camera? >> I'm thinking: >> Interchangeable lenses >> Manual Exposure& focus capable >> Raw format >> >> Anything else? >> > > I've been thinking about this, and would be inclined to go at it from a > slightly different angle. I'd break the course up into units, and would > list the equipment needed for each unit. > > Composition: A camera. > > Digital exposure: A camera that can create histograms, with full manual > control over exposure > > Selecting focal length: lenses, or cameras capable of a specific range of > Angle of views. (35mm equiv 28 or wider 40-60, 85 or longer) > > Digital processing: A camera capable of shooting raw, or a film camera > and a scanner. > > Studio: Manual exposure, histogram or strobe meter(with film), ability to > trigger strobes (pc jack, hot shoe/wireless trigger, manual strobe with IR > filter ...) > > macro photography: camera+lens(+diopter?) capable of at least 1:2 > magnification. > > I would also *strongly* suggest that their life would be a lot easier with > an interchangeable lens camera, capable of shooting raw, with the following > lenses, and list approximate prices that they might be able to find for the > equipment on craigslist. > > I might also suggest which assignments that they might be able to share > specialty gear on. > > > >> > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
