Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos on the Web, TED!! help?
From: "Mark Rutledge" <markrut@ticnet.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 12:51:56 -0600

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From: Johnny Deadman <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2000 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos on the Web, TED!! help?


>on 26/3/00 2:17 am, Mark Rabiner at mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>This is all true, but do you know how much their stuff costs, and how often
>it has to be service?
>
>Many times I have gone out with a camera crew (on what is considered a
>small-scale shoot) and our equipment, packed into one vehicle, has been
>worth around $200,000. A DP who buys his own camera is going to be laying
>out the same money as a small house. Not even leicas are that expensive.
>--
>Johnny Deadman
>
>photos:      http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>music:       http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk
>
>

Yes, it's crazy! I thought Leica glass was pricey, until I considered buying
a set of lenses(Zeiss Primes) for Film. These things cost more than my car!
Forget about owning a 35mm m.p.camera.

Mark Rutledge
markrut@ticnet.com