Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One doesn't have to be a "machine gun photographer" for digital to make sense, Doug - but I know that you know that. Digital allows one to turn those "deliberate" images around virtually instantly when that's what the client wants. And while I know this will come as a real shock to you, the top of the line digital cameras have not been depreciating to nothing; they've been holding a surprising percentage of their value. I say "surprising," because, like you, I would have thought they'd be worth next to nothing. But there is clearly a good used market for the Nikon D1s and the earlier Canons among non-pros who want to move up from the cheapo models they have originally purchased. But the bottom line is that you will probably be happy with film until the day, many decades hence, that you switch from shooting birds to shooting angels. But you are hardly the average pro out there attempting to earn a living with photography. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of telyt@earthlink.net Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:48 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: RE: [Leica] Summilux vs. Summicron B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Of course digital saves money - if you buy film. Not nessesarily. For those of us who have to buy our own cameras the net cost of the hardware is a much greater with digital vs. equivalent quality film cameras. NOTE EQUIVALENT QUALITY, NOT D70 vs. M7. If you're a machine-gun photographer then digital can make economic sense but if you're more deliberate or if other circumstances keep your film use low the cost of depreciation on the digital camera can be much greater than the cost of film. Digital cameras depreciate to nearly nothing in just a few years while Leicas hardly ever depreciate to nothing. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information