Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 11, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > I don't think the move financially from Film to Digital was so hard for me. > I saved on film costs. Broke even quickly. > > But the second digital camera is a harder rationalization.... I am already > saving the money. > > Why would I buy another? ( assuming my present digiM is still working to > spec) We certainly save on film costs. Though between camera upgrades and computer upgrades and software upgrades and printer upgrades and ink costs and paper costs I'd liked to have been of the age to have completed life in analog land. I had wonderful cameras in every format. wonderful enlargers up to and including 8x10. 30 x 40 trays. wonderful light tables. wonderful oak drawing tables. and was one of a relatively small group to be so well tooled; and trained. Since 1985 I've spent over $40K on computers; not counting software, harddrives, printers and scanners; which would probably take the number to $60K. Digital cameras? Close to $20K; and that's on top of the analog cameras? And at this moment the commercial hot shots would consider me using obsolete cameras and computers. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist