Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Such a bargain...
From: Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 22:39:34 -0500

christoph,

I messed up, I thought you meant 3,000 frames not films. In Michigan we say
rolls, not films so my eyes saw what my mind missed.

apologies,

Steve

At 04:35 PM 12/2/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net> writes:
>
>     > christoph,
>
>     > I think you mean 30,000 frames.
>
>     > Steve
>
>     > At 06:40 PM 12/1/97 +0100, you wrote:
>    >>  The M6 helps saving money: I get 39 frames on a Kodachrome which is 3
>    >> more than I could with my EOS 620.  Thus I save about $0.80 per film.
>    >> Just 3000 films and I will save $2400 which will be enough to get
>    >> another Leica.
>    >> 
>    >> christoph
>    >> 
>    >> 
>    >> 
>
>Steve,
>30,000 frames per film sounds like a nice machine ;-).
>Jokes aside, I think I was correct: I save per film 80 cents. This makes
3,000
>Films, i.e. 117,000 frames to save the $2400 for the next Leica. Since
this is
>approximately the price for a new Leica and my M6 is going to last that
long I
>think I actually get it for free.
>
>I will hurry to tell my camera dealer to give me a second body!
>
>christoph
>
>
>