Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've responded to Ted privately to spare the list. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com on 11/9/04 4:29 PM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information