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Subject: [Leica] Professional Tourist
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Sun Jul 16 07:51:31 2006
References: <20060716082203.74438.qmail@web25508.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Nick Roberts offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Professional Tourist


> Hmmm Ted, I'm not going to comment on the ethics, but your maths are way, 
> way out - 10-20 rolls would've been nearer $50 at the rate you quoted, 
> nothing like $100,000.<<,

Hi Nick,

I think you must have misunderstood the math or I didn't make it clear. The 
charge was "per frame exposed" or each time the camera went "click," accept 
during the loading a roll sequence. And they were going to have one of their 
staff with us until we were finished the shoot doing the count.

30 rolls X 36 exp. equals 1080 exposures  times $100.oo per frame 
equals...... $108,000. oo according to mine in Rome and now here at home. 
;-)

The bottom line of the money making event?

Over the years I believe a half dozen images have been sold,  $150.oo each 
or there about, certainly none hire.  A few used in my Leica Seminar 
presentations and some amateur slide presentations. So anyone out there who 
thinks we were wrong in our ethics at getting some frames and beat the local 
folks for $100,000.oo because we played tourist when we were a professional 
crew with interpreter might like to think again.

ted






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