[Leica] RE Cost of pictures

[jhandsfield at att.net (James Handsfield)]

One of the reasons I like digital is that I don?t have to worry about the 
economy of film.  On my Iceland trip, I took almost 2000 photos.  Many of 
those were in continuous middle speed runs to capture geysers throughout an 
eruption.  One of those turned out good enough to publish but I still need 
to work on that one a bit.

Jim Handsfield

> On Sep 1, 2018, at 12:20 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> As a point of interest, the latest issue of Science magazine, the journal 
> of the AAAS, reports on the annual number of photographs taken. ?In the 
> early 1800s, the first ever photograph was taken, an unassuming picture 
> that required days of exposure to obtain a very grainy image. Over one 
> million photos were taken during the US Civil war of which 100,000 
> survive. In the late 1800s, photography was used for the first time to see 
> the movement of a running horse that was too fast for the human eye. In 
> the following years photography played a pivotal role in human history, 
> ranging from creation of the national parks in the USA all the way to 
> documenting NASA?s first moon mission  In the 1900s, roughly 10 billion 
> photographs were taken per year. Facilitated by the explosion of the 
> internet, we will approach 2 trillion images this year - roughly about 
> 1000 images per year for every person on the planet.?
> 
> As a frequent reviewer of art and photo shows in the TriState area I have 
> noticed several results of this plethora of images. First, figurative 
> images are almost impossible to sell. Unless directly ordered by the 
> recipient (i.e. a portrait or picture at ones children or a prized 
> possession) the chance of selling any image approaches zero. Second, we 
> have run out of wall space to exhibit images. It is virtually impossible 
> to book a display space unless reserved far in advance. Modern houses have 
> too many windows and too little blank wall space. 
> 
> I can conceive on only one simple fix for too many images. Raise the cost 
> to at least one USD per exposure. Use film instead of digital. Currently 
> it costs only pennies to take and print a picture. At current rates a 
> year?s worth of photos requires only a few dollars of expense. The price 
> of a new Leica kit is  thousands of times more expensive. Does anyone have 
> a more sensible solution?
> 
> Larry Z
> 
> 
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