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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AC016" data-source="post: 331571" data-attributes="member: 9619"><p>Interesting thread.  I am with the folks who kind of don't see the logic in getting the students to first use film.  You can use a DSLR in M mode and do everything manually.  I get that the teacher does not want the students to just fire away in auto, but film??  So, after spending a hundred or so dollars on a kit, plus the film, plus the processing (will they process the film at the school?  Who is paying for the supplies?), he then wants them to invest in a DSLR?  I really can't see many of them wanting to stick with film.  Personally, i would get them all to shoot in manual on a DSLR and also teach them how to use a histogram.  Personally, i just don't see what film can teach them that shooting in M on a DSLR can't.</p></blockquote><p></p>