Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find it silly to get emotional about one technology's replacement by another. As for the calculations, looking in my Lightroom catalog, I see 6015 images shot in 2009. Those are the ones that survived the usual culling, where between 1/4 and 1/3 of the images from the card are deleted altogether. So this implies that I shot the equivalent of more than 200 rolls of film last year, so using your $20/roll figure this is more than $4K in one year, and I am an amateur. Given what I paid for my M8, it has paid for itself in cost savings in less than 1 year. I do not count the lenses since I would need those for film anyway, nor the computer, since I would have this iMac even if I were not into photography. 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 Apr 2, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Vick Ko wrote: > Ha ha Tina, I chuckled when I read "can't afford film and developing". I > am guessing your daughter didn't buy the 5D. > Digital M is the epitome of "pay up front, $2500 or much much more", > rather than the roughly $20 for developing / printing a roll of film, > gradually. So $2500 is 120 rolls of film - that's more than 2 rolls a > week constantly for a year. If you are a recreational user, consider how > long it would take to shoot that. > Now I know, the economics change considerably with lower cost cameras. > > For me, I really wanted an M8 and couldn't stand the anguish of the > rationalization any more. And like Frank said, once the M8 came down to > $2500, it fell into my "willing to afford" range. I suppose an M9 is > within what I'm willing to afford, but the M8 is just fine, thanks. > > And I've been selling significant parts of my film classical cameras > collection. It has been less painful (emotionally) than I thought. I > still don't want to sell lenses, because many of them can be used on my M > or Pana 4/3rd's camera. I think adapters are just wonderful, and the > lenses provide the soul of the image. But no more need to have "one of > each" of a camera line. > > And, I'm guilty of taking the digi-M out much more than a film M. Every > time I click a film M, I think "that's another 75 cents, versus no thought > of that clicking the digi-M, but in fact, I paid already up-front. > > ...not sure I made any sense...but, I'm a bit saddened that I might never > buy another new Leica item again, especially lenses. Too expensive. > > ...Vick > > > > > Tina Manley wrote: >> It's the same with my son and daughter who both have my old M6's. Laura >> also has my Canon 5D and, although she prefers the Leica, she can't afford >> film and developing, so she uses the 5D. Tim also has my old Leica DLux. >> He is too impatient to wait for film to be developed and only uses the >> DLux. >> >> Tina > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >