Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/16

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Subject: [Leica] Professional Tourist
From: nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)
Date: Sun Jul 16 14:53:12 2006

Sorry, Ted, hadn't seen this message before I responded again, so please 
ignore that. However, maybe it's a point for the book we all hope you're 
writing - always make sure you know what currency you're working in, and 
what it's worth in "real" money! ;)
 
Nick

----- Original Message ----
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, 16 July, 2006 5:46:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Professional Tourist


OK guys counting money was never one of my strong points in life. :-( Damn I 
could've easily handled that amount and in some photos made better pictures 
taking my time . :-) So I bow before you lads. Thank you.

The next time I do something like this I'll take my very smart grandson 
along as I did last time. Before we left Canada he had the currency 
exchanges in his head for each of 6 countries we would be in, a small 
calculator and pad in pocket to make sure we paid the correct amount for 
everything. And whether it was a good purchase price or not. Damn smart kid 
whom I expect will be a millionaire some day. And no he wont be a pro 
photog! ;-)


thanks again guys.

ted
tedgrantphoto.com
Ted Grant Photography Limited
1817 Feltham Road
Victoria BC  V8N 2A4
250-477-2156

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eduardo Albesi" <lists@sololeicas.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Professional Tourist


> Ted, even when I agree with you about the stupidity of bureaucratic 
> norms, Nick is right about the money. You stated that it would have  cost 
> you a 100,000 Lire for each shooting day. Depending on the year,  and 
> given that was not during the late Forties or early Fifties, that  amount 
> was equivalent to USD 250 in the 1960's to a mere USD 70-80  when the Euro 
> was put into circulation (and there was a time when an  USD was about 2000 
> Lire, and so 100,000 lire were just USD 50)
>
> Best,
>
> Ed Albesi
>
>
> El 16/07/2006, a las 11:48, Ted Grant escribi?:
>
> Nick Roberts offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Professional Tourist
>
>
>> Hmmm Ted, I'm not going to comment on the ethics, but your maths  are 
>> way, way out - 10-20 rolls would've been nearer $50 at the rate  you 
>> quoted, nothing like $100,000.<<,
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> I think you must have misunderstood the math or I didn't make it  clear. 
> The charge was "per frame exposed" or each time the camera  went "click," 
> accept during the loading a roll sequence. And they  were going to have 
> one of their staff with us until we were finished  the shoot doing the 
> count.
>
> 30 rolls X 36 exp. equals 1080 exposures  times $100.oo per frame 
> equals...... $108,000. oo according to mine in Rome and now here at  home. 
> ;-)
>
> The bottom line of the money making event?
>
> Over the years I believe a half dozen images have been sold,  $150.oo 
> each or there about, certainly none hire.  A few used in my Leica  Seminar 
> presentations and some amateur slide presentations. So anyone  out there 
> who thinks we were wrong in our ethics at getting some  frames and beat 
> the local folks for $100,000.oo because we played  tourist when we were a 
> professional crew with interpreter might like  to think again.
>
> ted
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