Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 13 May 1996, Gang Huang wrote: > >From economical standpoint, it cost at least $0.20-0.40 per exposure for > film and developing/proof printing alone. That's about $20,000-40,000 for > the 100,000 exposures. An average Leica is about $2000, still a relatively > small portion of expenses for a pro. And even if some parts do fail after > extensive use, replacing them would cost only a fraction of a camera. The > lenses will last much longer of course. The lenses will last longer IF you keep them free of impacted photons :) (There was an article about this in an April edition of Camera and Darkroom a few years ago, showing a device for removing impacted photons from lenses.) Gary