[Leica] WAS: Summilux vs. Summicron NOW FILM COSTS.

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

That 'one roll' of film during the holidays made up more than 90% of kodak's
revenues in photo related sales. The professional market was just a piddle
they had to put up with.
S. Dimitrov



> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:29:59 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] WAS:  Summilux vs. Summicron NOW FILM COSTS.
> 
> Douglas Herr responded:
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Summilux vs. Summicron
> 
> 
>> B.D., perhaps you missed the point I tried to bring up, that your  blanket
>> statement "Of course digital saves money - if you buy film" needed
>> qualification.  As a blanket statement, as you presented it, it's
>> misleading and ignores the realities of many photographers.  When each of
>> us tries to decide whether film or digital is a better choice from an
>> economic point of view, the variable costs are not the only costs
>> involved.  Econ 101.<<
> 
> Hi Doug,
> Some of my colleagues who shoot nothing but stock for MASTERFILE stock
> agency, I don't mean happy snap guys, these fellas do major set-up stock
> with models and studios, not to forget they go about the world shooting
> models on locations. They make in the neighbourhood of $ 250,000 and higher
> a year as their percentage of their sold material, are shooting only
> digital. Each of them report savings of ... $15,000 to $25,000 a year due 
> to
> not using film of any kind.
> 
> As well as an over all better economic picture with all costs factored in,
> including their computers, and all ancillary equipment.
> 
> Maybe I'm missing the point, but in the long run it must be cheaper 
> shooting
> digital because most people who buy a digital already own a computer and or
> even some kind of scanner or printer. So it isn't as though they had to
> purchase extra equipment to use the digital camera for prints.
> 
> Sure there are the absolute diehard film shooters who'll always be around,
> many on the list. Or they'll shoot both, but on average they will save 
> money
> everytime they fill a memory card than finishing a roll of film.
> 
> Unless of course they shoot one roll between summer holidays and New Years
> eve. ;-)
> 
> ted 
> 
> 
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