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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 Depth of Field Principles make possible. You will also continue to make new photographs and, if you are a subscriber to the specialization, continue interacting with your fellow learners as you share photographs for Peer Review. You will also confirm your knowledge through completion of quizzes and written responses. Let's get started with Module One!...

Top reviews

DA

Feb 12, 2018

The instructors are incredibly knowledgeable. The projects are instructional and test you to learn, try, etc. It made me think of new ways to capture images and inspired me to photograph every day!

AT

Dec 1, 2017

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 Frederik F H

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Jun 2, 2016

Awesome course! Will definitely tell other people about it

By Sonia-Rose L

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Nov 27, 2024

Peers do not review my assignments in a timely manner.

By Kevin D

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Sep 5, 2020

This course gives a lot of insights about photography!

By Roman H

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Aug 12, 2024

More interesting and useful than the first module.

By Tracy K

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Oct 1, 2016

Thank you for allowing me to audit this course.

By Jonathan V

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Mar 26, 2016

Great to be given such clear instruction.

By SASIDHARAN T

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Aug 22, 2020

Course was very useful and interesting

By Collette B R

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Mar 21, 2016

I am learning a lot about my camera!

By Shreyas K

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Mar 1, 2019

this series of courses is awesome

By Jackie I

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Feb 5, 2018

The subtitle is not synchronous .

By Michaelynn M

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Aug 28, 2020

Great course, I learned a lot.

By Pietro G

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Feb 6, 2017

Well made and practical.

By P G R

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Jun 23, 2020

usefull to beginners

By Abdurrahman S

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Dec 31, 2018

recommended course!

By Loretta W

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Oct 8, 2018

Love this class ..

By Mohammad s D

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Apr 22, 2022

EXCELLENT COURSE

By siddhesh p l

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Aug 7, 2020

excellent course.

By Mashuk-E-Elahi (

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May 9, 2020

Love the course.

By Harshit G

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Feb 27, 2019

Great course

By Fabianna Z C

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Sep 6, 2024

interesante

By Kalpa

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Apr 19, 2016

Awesome.

By Kaustubh M

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Nov 14, 2021

AWESOME

By LOGAVARSHINI N

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Aug 24, 2020

Gud

By Peter K

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Dec 23, 2017

The weakest course in the specialization so far (having completed through course 4 as of writing this). Several of the weeks lectures appear to have had the content in them altered, but the quiz questions have not been changed to reflect it. One of the weeks is ridiculously structured with a frustrating and odd ratio of practice quizzes to actual lecture. Not that any of that matters as most quiz questions are true/false making quizzes nearly impossible to fail on retake. The final week feels tacked on in order to make the course a full month with only the final assignment really adding anything. Peer Review remains frustrating, but aside from enforcing the grading rubric that issue is on me and my fellow students more than the Profs. Worth it if you are interested in the full specialization, but otherwise mediocre at best.

By Maya S

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Oct 19, 2020

I love the course and I enjoy the thoughtfulness that went into providing us with the assignments. But I find it irritating to see how many submissions use plagiarized content. Yes, there is a tool for flagging those, and I used it often enough but considering amount of time I needed to provide the evidence (like writing down the names, searching the links, etc) I would have liked to get at least a partial credit for my effort since for every legitimate submission I had 4-5 that was either incomplete or was using plagiarized content. Because of it, what was supposed to be a rather straightforward assignment turned out to be a lengthy and tedious job for a detective or for a nasty schoolteacher.