I attended the Nikon school in 1976 as a free bonus for being a Nikon Tech.
It's almost as difficult (if not more) to do a double exposure with an Nikon
F as it is with an OM-1. Using the double exposure feature, or being able
to do them or wanting to do them gets mentioned by aspiring photographers
along with "I wanna use filters too, can I get some of those...." .
With an F you have to take the first exposure, then REWIND THE FILM ONE
FRAME then wind the shutter and shoot again.
The percentage of double exposure pictures compared to regular pictures has
got to be so low, it's funny how a camera will be rated by it's inclusion
of that feature, even though it will almost never be used, or will be
ignored once the charm has worn off.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelton Rhoads" <krho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 10:24 PM
Subject: [OM] Nikon School
| >Actually on June 9th down in St. Louis there is a one day Nikon course
| >being held about intro photography skills and techniques. I'm really
| >thinking about going and it says all levels of experience and all cameras
| >are welcome so i think that will be a good resource for me. i'm not quite
| >sure who the instructor is but hopefully it will be pretty good. thanks
| >for the advice.
| >Eric
|
| I attended Nikon School twice. Once as an 8th grader (and yes, my new
| OM-1 DID get dissed . . . "Oh, an Olympus, how cute. It can't do double
| exposures worth squat, though."), and again with my fiancee as a 30 year
| old. The first time I thought it was great. The second time I asked for
| my money back (and got it). I'd rather sit through a four-hour
| commercial. I learned virtually nothing the second time around, and I'm
| no photo pro, just a hobbiest. My fiancee (now wife) was bored to tears
| and demanded we leave early. She is about novice level. So if the school
| didn't work for either novice or hobbiest, you might wonder what it was
| for. The answer? Advertising purposes, what else? I guess I really don't
| blame them, in an age where even those little bars that separate the
| groceries at the checkout have advertising on them. The real surprise is
| how, as a kid, you're oblivious to the hype and commercialism, and
| everything just seems wonderful. Ya get older and all you hear is the
| shilling and hyping and selling. So my takeaway advice is this: if you've
| just invested a mint in new Nikon gear, definitely go to Nikon school
| because it will help reduce your cognitive dissonance. Otherwise buy a
| good photo book and some film. Feeling particularly curmudgeonly on this
| topic, --Kelton
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