Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/18
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I agree, a roll of 36 with prints in NYC is over $10 in many places, less without prints.
Chris Saganich
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From: grduprey@rockwellcollins.com [mailto:grduprey@rockwellcollins.com]
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 4:52 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Bulk loading (long!)
Where do you buy your film and have it developed? It costs alot more than
that here in Iowa!
Gene
Karen Nakamura
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07/18/2003 03:24 PM
Please respond to
leica-users
Regarding those of you who were snidely (grin) commenting about the
cheapos who would save a few bucks when they're using $2000 cameras
and $2000 lenses (well, not me, my lenses are C-V).
The way I rationalized getting a Leica in the first place was because
the cost of the camera really is the smallest item in the overall
cost of ownership. Film and developing is the biggest hit.
I go through about 150 rolls of film a year. Most of it is E-6, so
the cost of each roll is about $4 + $6 for developing = $10. That's
$1500/year for film or over the lifetime of the camera (20 years? 50
years?), about $30,000 or $75,000....
(makes you almost want to go digital? )
I'm using a lot more B&W right now. I admit that I only hand-roll
film for my classic cameras and use pre-rolled for my work (mostly
because I can get reimbursed for it), but still each roll's savings
does add up in the long run. But hand-rolling and hand-developing
means that my B&W work is about $2 a roll, versus $8 if I pre-bought
and outsourced developing.
Look at it this way, you only need to hand-roll 200 cartridges in
order to get a new Summicron. :-)
Karen Nakamura
www.photoethnography.com
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