Re: [Leica] Leica and digital photography

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

That's great if he wants slides - and wants to haul out the projector and
the popcorn everytime he wants to show anyone the photos from his
trip...otherwise, he will need prints if he shoots Provia as you do...and
what will those prints cost him? Probably more than $.60 a piece.;-)
Of course he could also set up a website, download his digital images, and
have an album up for all his friends for free...

The bottom line is no one is conning anyone. Some people want to shoot film,
some want to shoot digital. There are advantages and draw backs to both....

B. D.
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From: tm <leicar8@earthlink.net>
To: Leica Users Group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] Leica and digital photography


> This morning I was at the counter of the camera store I give my slide film
> to for processing when a man walked in with a simple digital camera and
> asked the owner, Mike, "How can I get prints from this camera? I just
> returned from Europe and got 800 shots". Mike, shocked, told him, "Digital
> prints are $0.60 apiece." The man said, "WHAT? That's $480.00". Mike said,
> "Yes. Why didn't you instead shoot with a film camera? The cost would have
> been far less per exposure." The man said, "I bought this digital camera
at
> Costco and they didn't explain anything to me about its nature." Needless
to
> say, the man is horribly mad and frustrated. Mike showed him an incredible
> Provia slide I shot with my R8 and 180 f/2.8 APO lens and the man said, "I
> feel like I've been ripped off."
>
> This, in my opinion, shows one result of the camera manufacturers seducing
> the American public with full-page newspaper and magazine ads pushing
> digital cameras rather than rangefinders and SLRs. In fact, after the man
> left the store, Mike told me he just learned Minolta has laid off scores
of
> film camera sales reps because digital sales have hurt film camera sales
> immensely. This seems to indicate the camera manufacturers are shooting
> themselves in the foot, especially since the public appears to be mostly
> purchasing the lower-priced digital cameras. Caveat emptor!
>
> Terry
>
>
>
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