Re: camera recommendation

[kovenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Neil Koven)]

>On  9 Jan 97 at 21:04, Walton wrote:
>
>>      As a Photography Teacher what type camera do you recommend your
>> studants use?  Some recommend using simple cameras such as the Pentax
>> K1000,  and others say get a modern camera you can grow around.  I'm not
>> saying which one I prefer, but I would like to start a discussion pro/con.
>
>While I don't pretend to be a teacher, I have to note that the K1000
>seems to be notorious for its dimpled pressure plate, marking HIE
>with diamond shape dots. Can be solved with taping 120 backing on the
>pressure plate, but it is something to keep in mind.
>All of the above extracted from an UK mag some months ago (SFX
>article I believe).
>
THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  I've been wondering for years how to
avoid those patterns.  I called Kodak Tech Help lines and they had never
heard of the problem, had no idea what was causing it, and accordingly
could not offer any help.  I finally figured out it was the dimpled
pressure plate that was giving me those results.  Subsequently I avoided
having the sun (or other light sources) at the edge of the image.

Several years ago, I entered one of these dimpled-image pictures in a local
competition--a table-top image of two roses (later coloured pink) in a bud
vase on a white table with a white wall behind, and white Venetian blinds
with the main light source behind them.  It came in first, with one of the
judges comments being that he particularly liked the subtle pattern in the
old-fashioned wallpaper.

(OK, so I was lucky...)

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