Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Huh? You have to figure the cost of something for which you don't have a cost? -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eric Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:50 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost Philippe: >suppose 10 rolls of 220 film a day costing about 15$ each everything >included = 150$ suppose 15 days of work per month = 15 x 150 = 2,250$ >so 16,990/2,250= 7,5 months >so 29990/2250= 13,5 months >So these backs pay themselves back in a relatively short period of >time, if you're a professional photographer. Except you can't just figuring processing costs for the film and not include processing costs for the digital files. That's only a fair comparison for the photographer currently developing and printing his own film. If you farm out film processing, you need to include the cost of doing the same with digital. -- Eric http://canid.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information