Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, Yes - but I bet you junked 99.9% of the clicks - in other words, most were not required, and a total waste - most of us do end up with 10 identical shots pretty often, don't we? Digital is not cheap, once you factor in the cost, in terms of hardware, software and time that you spend in post processing and digital printing as well. There are many reasons why I am exclusively using digital nowadays, but low cost is most definitely not one of them. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > I have "recouped" the cost of my M8 in the 2 years I have owned it, maybe. > I am around 6-7K exposures. That is about 180 Rolls of film with > processing. Figure $10-15 a roll, and the $2700 is paid up, or close > enough. > > The maybe part: I NEVER shot the amount of exposures I do now.... I > realized the cost was in every click. ( 35mm ->6x6->4x5). > > It is too easy to shoot another digital exposure, just because it is > free.....sort of the opposite of "the decisive moment". > > Have I REALLY recouped my cost? Not so sure at all..... > > But I like the quick feedback and the relative ease of looking at the > images..... > > For Pros, or even for those taking in cash for their photographs, it is a > totally different equation..... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > How much do you spend on film & processing in a year? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >