Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 13/12/2008, at 19:52, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > The computer I have is an iMac which I bought earlier this year. But > I would have bought this computer even if I were not taking > pictures. I use it to surf, to e-mail, to work with Excel, Word, > Powerpoint etc. So its cost was not incurred as a consequence of > photography and so should not be counted. why not? I always found this pretty much an accountant's trick, just like the kind of reasoning like I use the car to commute, but as long as I will have it for myself the cost of commuting fuel should not be counted as a work expense. The fact is that digital photography up to certain level -that we all here match- requires a computer with proper software and storage, and despite we already have one or not, or if it's shared with another tasks, should be counted. We can discuss what percentage of cost charges each task, but to me (who works mostly coding custom software) the added cost seems as clear as film in a film camera. cheers. I feel better, to hell with photography, art, women, and all E. Weston, 1924 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://luis.imaginarymagnitude.net/