Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg Locke wrote: > > At 04:30 PM 25/03/00 -0800, you wrote: > >Greg Locke wrote: > > > I guess I should start telling clients that they have to pay for > > > the cameras, too. :^)>>>> > > > >Greg me old son, > > > >In movie and TV production the cameras are paid on rental as per > >project. ;) > > Yes, a colleague and friend who is in TV biz gets $1000.00 per day for his > "creative fee" and another $1000.00 a day for the rental of his camera. > .... and depending on the contracts, STILL has the right to use the footage > he has shot after the original production has aired. He sells stock motion > picture and video. > > Actually, when my customers ask for medium or large format, I tell them it > will cost them double as I have to rent and insure this equipment. Only 1 > in 10 agree. All of a sudden, 35mm will do just fine! > I'm not going to be investing to medium and large format equipment if > people are not willing to pay for it. > A friend of mine in the movie biz said each lens and piece of equipment he brings to a shoot he is to charge the client for and that that's how it works down there. Mark Rabiner