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Subject: [Leica] Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Wed Jul 14 09:48:11 2004

I don't mind the hours behind the screen. Not because I love being behind a
computer, but because it enables me to create the images that I have in my
head and that are impossible to make in one shot.
But it's very true that looking at ektas on a light table to make a
selection goes faster than clicking your way through image files.
That's why I started asking for a (mid size) thumbnail printout or am making
them myself.

Amicalement,
Philippe
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> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:38:42 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost
> 
> Philippe Orlent offered:
>> No more lab, no more time losses, immediate results on the spot, and a
>> quality equal to or higher than analog.<,,
> 
> Philippe mon ami,
> This is true. However, you left out the worst part about digital.......
> 
> One now spends countless hours in front of the computer screen compared to
> slide / negative selection on a light table where it takes mere minutes to
> edit.
> 
> The biggest complaint by stock photography colleagues at Masterfile is the
> computer time, even though they say it's wonderful their film/lab costs of
> $15 -$20,000 a year are eliminated, they now spend far more time in front 
> of
> the screen and a great deal less shooting.
> 
> So I suppose like anything there's good, bad and ugly to every new fangled
> product.
> 
> ted
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> " <philippe.orlent@pandora.be>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost
> 
> 
>>> From the review:
>> 
>> suppose 10 rolls of 220 film a day costing about 15$ each everything
>> included = 150$
>> suppose 15 days of work per month = 15 x 150 = 2,250$
>> so 16,990/2,250= 7,5 months
>> so 29990/2250= 13,5 months
>> 
>> So these backs pay themselves back in a relatively short period of time,
> if
>> you're a professional photographer.
>> 
>> 
>> I'm afraid the end of the analog era is nearing.
>> ---
>> 
>>> From: George Lottermoser <george@imagist.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:30:24 -0500
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost
>>> 
>>> Feli di Giorgio7/13/04
>>> 
>>>> "The P20 carries a list price of USD $16,990. The P25 costs $29,990."
>>> 
>>> And let us remember that these are "camera backs" no body, no shutter,
> no
>>> lens, no meter. Just the digital equivalent of film.
>>> 
>>> Fond regards,
>>> 
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