Re: [Leica] Re: frugal plug

[John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>]

Ok to put some of this posting to rest I'll try to explain myself a little
better, and make it to the point. When I use the word frugal I mean it in a
sense of not wasteful. In my original post I related trying to be frugal
with the amount I was currently spending on processing $9 for E6 and $17 for
C-41 process & print. Nowhere did it say I couldn't afford film or
processing. I'd just like to spend less per roll on processing so I can put
the saved $$ toward anything else, like more film, another lens, etc. It was
also in relation to buying a cheap flatbed scanner for proof sheets if I was
to process my own B&W. Eric's quotes below are a good read of where I'm
coming from.

Branding: So the guy who saves up for a used inexpensive Leica and a 50 or
the guy who buys an M6 Millenium kit are one in the same? They both have a
"Leica" so they must be able to shoot a lot of film and pay for any type of
processing for their PAW in 2002, right? Neither of these examples are me
(I'm somewhere between them). But my point is will this brand $$ thing ever
stop with Leica, I doubt it.

Ok so I think I'm done...any more questions? I think I've answered many of
the replys I got with feedback of where I was coming from in this whole PAW,
amount of film, & processing thing so I won't repeat.

I appreciate all the replies! Even if some are more helpful to me than
others they all answered at least one of the points I had originally asked
in this thread and some just added more good ideas.

Thanks
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John 
Chicago, IL 
http://SlideOne.com
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>> Nathan wrote:
 
>>  but when
>>  I read your initial post, my initial thought was also something along the
>>  lines, "If he can afford a Leica then he should be able to afford film too".

 on 12/23/01 6:52 AM, Eric at ericm@pobox.com wrote:

> I think I understand where you're coming from, John.
> 
> It isn't always about whether you can afford something or not.  If you can
> get something cheaper (and better quality all at the same time), then you'll
> be that much closer to your *next* Leica lens if you save your money now.
> 
> Being frugal isn't the same as being cheap or not being able to afford film.
> Buying an off brand lens that doesn't give you the same quality as a Leica
> isn't frugal.  Going to your local photo place and paying a couple bucks a
> roll isn't frugal if they scratch your negatives.  On the other hand, if
> they don't scratch your negatives for that price, souping your own isn't
> necessarily frugal.  :)

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