Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Anthony Atkielski [snip] > remember that the camera purchase is a one-time > expense, whereas development costs money for every shot. This comment prompted me to do the math. I shoot colour neg, it's always processed and proofed by a pro lab. I figure it costs me $25 CDN per roll for film and processing. I shoot on average two rolls a week. That's $2500 per year, and I spend about that again on enlargements, for a total cost of $5000 CDN per year. The price of a new M6 is about $3500 CDN So Anthony's point is a good one - in three years of being a not-terribly-prolific amateur I will have easily outspent my entire investment in Leicas, Nikons and P&S's. Now in my case, this just makes it easier to justify the purchase of the new 90 APO... Paul Chefurka