Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Howard wrote: > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > That's the difference between a Noctilux and a Summicron! > > That's the difference between an ASA 100 or 400 film! > > That's the difference between shooting at a 15th or shooting at a 60th. > > Also the difference between a compact flash which cost 50 bucks and a > > huge flash which cost 500 bucks! > > Noctilux: $2,500 Summicron: $795 > ASA 100: $2.19 ASA 400: $2.49 > 1/60s: $0 1/15s: $0 > $ flash: $50 $$ flash: $500 > ------------------------------------------- > = $2,552.19 = $1,297.49 > > Let me add one: > > Two stops! That a difference of $1,254.70!! > > In fairness though, I should admit that my analysis is incomplete. If > we assume an hourly rate of $25/h, that translates into $25/3600 = 0.69 > cents/second. Thus, with the Nocti, the exposure costs 0.0115 cents, > while with the 'cron it costs a whopping 0.046 cents. Now, that may > not seem like much, but add it up over 50,000 exposures and your > talking about 1,725 cents which is, of course, how the professional > photographer justifies the difference in purchasing price of the two > lenses. > > M. > > -- My point exactly Martin, two stops is a lot if you're doing it with glass. Especially Leica glass. But $25/h throws off your calculations as the average photographers day rate is $1000 making their hourly rate $125 an hour! My makeup person get's 50 an hour my assistant 20. Interestingly I understand that a still photographer on a movie set charges for each piece of equipment in their camera bag! Hollywood it seems is a rental driven industry! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html