Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Too much coffee perhaps? Kyle Cassidy wrote: >>And don't forget that if one has the sense and self-discipline to >>deposit the money one is saving in film and processing costs, one can >>easily replace equipment every year or two and not feel it..... >> > >As you remember, kyle was visited by the Angry God of the old testament last >week when his digital camera was smashed into bits and pieces. Of course >this happened three days before The Weekend of Four Shoots. Unable to rent a >D1whanot anywhere, our young penatent went to Ye Olde Camera Shoppe and >spent $140 on film. Then he proceeded to roll 20 rolls of Tri-X in bulk >which had been lying about in the fridge. Then he shot all day saturday, >processed film all night saturday, scanned film into the wee hours of the >morning sunday, dropped C-41 and E6 film off sunday as soon as Ye Olde >Camera Shoppe opened, shot sunday afternoon, broke from shooting and went >back to get processed film. shelled out $210 for processed film. began >scanning adventure again, amidst falling asleep at the keyboard, he scans >now even as he reads the LUG. This weekend, the time (and money) i spent >away from shooting makes me care Not One Whit if i need to replace my >digital technology every two years ($2000 for a D100 is only the cost of >purchasing and processing 140 or so rolls of film -- a roll a week for two >years? you need to buy a $2,000 leica, you better be shooting a roll a >week), and Not One Other Whit if my canon AE1 can't be repaired because >nobody makes the chips anymore. I know how much an hour of _my_ time is >worth, not to mention eight or ten or twenty.... had i been able to rent a >D1x this weekend, I'd be done by now and my shots would be in Portland, >where they belong, not eeking out of my coolscan. and i still have nine >rolls of tri-x to develop and scan for wednesday's deadline..... i did get >to shoot with my leica, and that's fun, but yours truely i remain, > >bleary eyed in philadelphia, > >kc > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html