[Leica] IMGs: For love of the black and white photography of Edward Weston, Minor White and W. Eugene Smith

Doug Herr wildlightphoto at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 11 12:52:15 PDT 2014


George Lottermoser wrote:

>
>This one cost $6K
>If 35mm film and processing runs about $10/roll
>Not including scanning time
>that's about 600 rolls of film.
>
>A few rolls a week x 2 years
>No scanning time.
>
>Seems to be holding its resale value extremely well.
>So may actually more rightfully come down to $ 0.50 a roll
>Depending on how many frames and when its sold.
>;~)
>

IMHO the economic advantage barely scratches the surface.  Welcome back to B&W George.  If B&W were a significant part of my vision I'd do whatever it takes to get hold of a Monochrom.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com




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