Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost
From: ericm at pobox.com (Eric)
Date: Wed Jul 14 18:50:39 2004
References: <pfhbf0tv613gtlv8f9t096abpgqokkdf1l@4ax.com> <000701c46a0b$66c83d80$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>

B.D.:

>Huh? You have to figure the cost of something for which you don't have a
>cost?

Time is money.

Let's look at shooting film.  Shoot for 2 hours.  Drop off the film.  Pick
up proofs.  Costs $15 per roll.

Let's look at shooting film.  Shoot for 2 hours.  Process for an hour.
Costs nothing but time.

So does this mean that you saved $15 by using digital?  Or does this mean
that you're dropping your billing rate down to $15/hr for doing the
processing?


--
Eric
http://canid.com/


In reply to: Message from ericm at pobox.com (Eric) ([Leica] Re: Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost)
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