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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Camera Control by Michigan State University

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    About the Course

    Welcome to Course Two of Photography Basics and Beyond: From Smartphone to DSLR! Now that you have a broad understanding of the
    various types of cameras, the importance of setting up Menus and Functions to gain control in your photography, and the difference between
    Auto and Program exposure modes, you are ready to move into even greater Camera Control! In these 4 Modules we will concentrate on
    gaining the knowledge necessary to make use of Exposure Modes, Light Metering, Effects of various ISO settings, Lens options, using Shutter
    Speeds to convey aspects of Time in both documentary and creative ways, and exploring the controlled focus effects that De...
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    Top reviews

    GK

    Nov 13, 2017

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    Great course for a novice photographer with a point and shoot camera. Some information was not applicable to my camera, but the knowledge was good to know. I have really enjoyed the challenge.Grace

    AT

    Dec 2, 2017

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    Great course structure. Great Professors and Mentors. This course has really help me grow a lot as a photographer. I'm so thankful to Coursera & MSU for putting such a great course for learners.

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    By Shiloh R

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    Oct 30, 2016

    This corse was awesome and fun. I enjoyed the lessons and getting out taking photos. I feel that I learning a lot and am learning how to use my camera more efficiently.

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    By Arun K S

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    Aug 11, 2016

    Simple yet comprehensively explained course that inspires confidence in beginners and I guess works, as a good platform for amature photographers to brushup the basics.

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    By S M S H

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    Jul 30, 2020

    This course really helped in camera controlling, depth of field learning, blurred, freezey moment capturing. I would recommend this course to newby photographers.

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    By Michael M

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    Jul 30, 2020

    This course and the specialization have given me confidence that I can continue building my photography skills and possibly switch career paths in the future.

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    By Prof. S M

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    May 9, 2020

    Its one of the great course in photography, I have checked, but if we have a little part of artificial light also, it would be a great help for the students.

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    By Ryan P

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    Aug 30, 2017

    This is an awesome course that is very informative and practical. The content of the course is delivered in a very digestible way, even for all skill levels.

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    By Edgar A R E

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    Aug 16, 2020

    Great course, it reinforces your knowledge obtained in the first course, Peter and Mark lay the grounds for you to explore your creative side of photography.

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    By Joanne M M

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    Nov 22, 2020

    This course is helpful to play with the settings of your camera. I can use what I learned from this course to capture what I want to convey through photos.

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    By Natalie F

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    Nov 13, 2019

    Extremely informative. A course that is worth every penny. learned a great deal of new information and skills to use for the rest of my photography career.

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    By Jennifer A H

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    May 23, 2022

    Great Course here it teaches you not only to take a photo, but the importance of all the features of a camera even the one one on your phone. Love this

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    By maria l l

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    Sep 26, 2024

    I think feedbacks are very light and useless.Also I feel assignments are not well executed but there is no way alerting this before you start grading.

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    By Dr. A K

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    Jul 16, 2020

    Very simple and nice preparation by the guides and i feel it would be great to go through all the courses offered by them. Thanks to both the guides.

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    By SWIFT G L

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    Jun 7, 2021

    I am so appreciative and will love to progress deeper ,I thank everyone for the opportunity giving me.my Jehovah bless you more and more. Thank you.

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    By Maksym K

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    Oct 12, 2020

    Very useful condense sometimes easy sometimes difficult explanations of technical aspects. Just enough practice to discover modes never used before

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    Jun 2, 2021

    Great class. Enjoyed the assignments. Learned a great deal. Stop action. Depth of field. Blurred action. Opened my eyes on what a camera can do.

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    By Panagiotis B

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    Feb 19, 2021

    Just two great professors, thorough and friendly as well. I really enjoyed the balance between the technical and artistic content of the course.

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    By Jessica N

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    Aug 23, 2020

    Wonderful course! I learned so much and feel so much more confident about how to use my camera and how to make photos in manual mode. Thank you!

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    By Edgar M

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    Oct 13, 2016

    Very detailed but understandable except for one of the tests...The references made are very difficult to correlate with the answer being sought.

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    By Maggie S

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    Jan 26, 2018

    I'm not an expert yet and may never be - but I'm far more comfortable now with my camera's controls and my photography is improving.

    Thank you!

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    By Вікторія О

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    Nov 14, 2020

    This is the best photography course! I learned a lot about the capabilities of my camera. Many thanks to Professors Glendinning and Sallivan!

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    By ahmed m m m

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    Oct 10, 2018

    I enjoyed yhis course alot as it showed me lots of technique i was always wonderig about.

    Thanks peter and mark,i truely appreciate your help

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    By Krishna P K M

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    Oct 17, 2022

    wonderful basic information for photographic enthusiastic. We will learn more about it when we actually do the task given. Enjoyed it

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    By Jean B

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    Feb 13, 2019

    Great course. Starts to take you out of your comfort zone and start to really explore. I loved the action and stop action assignments.

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    By Luiz G G

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    Dec 23, 2017

    What an amazing course. I am a hobbist and this course gave me an amazing material for controling my camera and taking the best of it.

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    By Lukasz W

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    Aug 20, 2024

    Beneficial course. I improved a lot my photography skills. The instructors guide you step by step and share their great experiences.

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