Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- 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