Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, You left out a very big and recurring expense - software. Adobe's programs dont come cheap - they are a monopoly and charge as such. I just found out that to upgrade from the CS3 suite to the CS4 suite is only US$770 - the cost of a very good digital SLR. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote: > I am an amateur. I bought my E3 about 11 months ago, and in those 11 months > I have shot the equivalent of about 20 rolls of film per month with it. > Each > roll would have cost an average of 12 EUR to buy and process, so the > savings > is 240 EUR per month or 2880 EUR per year--far more than I paid for the E3. > > 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. The only computer expense that is incremental are a couple of > external hard drives, since photographs do indeed require lots of storage. > But even then, and despite the fact that I have not earned one cent with my > photos, I am still ahead of film, financially speaking. > > The M8 I just got will take a bit longer to pay for itself in film savings, > but it will definitely have done so by the time the 2-year warranty is up. > And my enjoyment of it is priceless. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Dec 13, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Harrison McClary wrote: > > These arguments I always find a little misleading. They leave out the >> fact you should buy external drives for back up, and those in redundancy. >> You need a good fast computer or editing your photos will be painful. >> You >> need software to edit those photos. There is far more cost to digital >> than >> just the camera and all of that HAS to be considered also, IMHO. >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: >> >>> "Alastair Firkin" <afirkin@afirkin.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Of course if you get 500000 shots from your M8 it will have paid for >>>> itself even if you are not a pro. Its got a guarantee so shoot for a >>>> year >>>> >and you will have saved quite a bit anyway. >>>> >>> >>> ====================================================================================================== >>> I don't follow. If (an amateur) doesn't make money using an M8, how can >>> it be said to have paid for itself? The money hasn't come back; maybe >>> less >>> will be spent in support than with film, but that doesn't seem to be the >>> same thing as recovering the initial expense. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >>> UPAA POY 1978 >>> University Information Technology Services >>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Harrison McClary >> Harrison McClary Photography >> harrison@mcclary.net >> http://www.mcclary.net >> ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography >> http://www.imagestocksouth.com >> Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: >> http://www.mcclary.net/blog >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >