NIKON SCHOOL..those attended..

was there alot of people in the classes? like a lecture hall setting? likes/dislikes?

i'm thinking of signing up once i get the camera but not sure if i'll be able to ask questions if the class is too big..

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Re: NIKON SCHOOL..those attended..

Bumping because I'd like to know too.

Re: NIKON SCHOOL..those attended..

The session I attended (last Saturday) was sold out. One of the hotel employees said he thought there were 190 people there. It was set up lecture-style. Just rows & rows of chairs, small stage up front with the 2 presenters, and a HUGE screen to follow-along with their slideshow presentation (they also sent class notes prior to the class, but I didn’t follow along during the class b/c I took separate notes, as most others did).

With these 2 presenters, you were not allowed to ask questions during their presentations…they stated that fact (and in the 2nd half someone raised their hand to ask a question and were told “we don’t answer questions during the lecture)...makes sense since they had SO MUCH info to get through as it was, w/o stopping for questions. You could go up to them during the breaks (there was a morning break, then lunch, then an afternoon break I think), but there were a ton of people up there trying to speak to them, and breaks were only 15 minutes I think, so I'm sure they weren't able to speak with everyone up there.

I didn’t see anyone take out their camera (if they brought it) during the presentation at all…too busy paying attention/taking notes.

As I said, it was a slideshow presentation that they commented on each slide…no live demos of anything except some computer editing software at the very end. Neither instructor ever held a camera. It was a very fast-paced class..obviously soooo much can be done with SLRs that they tried to touch on a lot of the basics, but only the basics of each basics, KWIM?

It was a great class, very well planned & executed, the instructors were both fantastic. WAY over my head, but I expected that

Re: NIKON SCHOOL..those attended..

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The session I attended (last Saturday) was sold out. One of the hotel employees said he thought there were 190 people there. It was set up lecture-style. Just rows & rows of chairs, small stage up front with the 2 presenters, and a HUGE screen to follow-along with their slideshow presentation (they also sent class notes prior to the class, but I didn’t follow along during the class b/c I took separate notes, as most others did).

With these 2 presenters, you were not allowed to ask questions during their presentations…they stated that fact (and in the 2nd half someone raised their hand to ask a question and were told “we don’t answer questions during the lecture)...makes sense since they had SO MUCH info to get through as it was, w/o stopping for questions. You could go up to them during the breaks (there was a morning break, then lunch, then an afternoon break I think), but there were a ton of people up there trying to speak to them, and breaks were only 15 minutes I think, so I'm sure they weren't able to speak with everyone up there.

I didn’t see anyone take out their camera (if they brought it) during the presentation at all…too busy paying attention/taking notes.

As I said, it was a slideshow presentation that they commented on each slide…no live demos of anything except some computer editing software at the very end. Neither instructor ever held a camera. It was a very fast-paced class..obviously soooo much can be done with SLRs that they tried to touch on a lot of the basics, but only the basics of each basics, KWIM?

It was a great class, very well planned & executed, the instructors were both fantastic. WAY over my head, but I expected that