Re: [Leica] Big bucks

["Derek Zeanah" <derek@zeanah.com>]

But scanning at "just" enough quality to print 8x10's takes, what, 25MB per
image?  So now you're down to 25 images per cd, or 2,600 CD's. That's $4,800
in blanks, and at one hour per CD to burn each CD you're looking at almost a
year of 8-hour days of burning CD's.

That's a bit more significant, and still isn't enough to print 16x20's.

(I have no vested interest here -- I just thought your numbers were wildly
optimistic.)
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@san.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Big bucks


> That's still NOT big bucks.  65,000 images at 200KB each would fill
> exactly 20 CD-R discs, with 3,250 images fitting on each disc.  You
> can buy a blank CD-R (in quantity) for under $2.00.  This comes out
> to be a total expense of $40 every time you want to duplicate your
> entire set, and this fugure would increase by $2.00 every time you
> add another 3,250 images to your portfolio.
>
> Average the CD cost over 5 years and it costs you $8 per annum.
> Of course, you need a CD-R burner, which can be had nowadays for
> $200.  Average it over a 5 year period and it costs you $40 per year.
> This is a total cost of $48 annually to maintain your digital archive.
> If we can afford Leica, we can afford $4 a month to archive images,
> n'est-ce pas?
>
> Francesco Sanfilippo
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jonathan Borden <jborden@mediaone.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Big bucks
>
>
> > Mike Johnston wrote:
> > > >>>Worried about the longevity of the CD? So copy it every couple of
> > > years.
> > > We're not talking big bucks here.<<<
> > >
> > >
> > > Oh yes we are. I've made over 65,000 negatives in my life, and I'm
only
> > > 42. (And not even a terribly heavy shooter.)
> > >
> > > --Mike
> > >
> >     One of the great things about Leica equipment is that nothing
becomes
> > obsolete. This is in stark distinction to digital electronic equipment
> which
> > is designed to become obsolete in "Internet time". In my mind, Leica is
> the
> > direct opposite to digital. Canon is where digital is at (and there are
> also
> > many great things about being digital). It is no big deal to change your
> > lens mount every few years because you plan to buy a completely new
system
> > every few years regardless. So the two cameras which spend the most time
> > sitting on my shelf are my Canon F-1 and my Sony Mavica, the F-1 because
> it
> > is sooo much louder than the EOS and has no real benefit except that it
> does
> > work without batteries (but I already have my M6 for that purpose :-)
And
> > the Mavica which serves its only purpose when I need to e-mail pictures
to
> > someone, or if I am giving a talk and I need to digitize something onto
my
> > laptop (so it is really the combo of a Polaroid and a compact scanner).
> >
> >     Even though CDs are somewhat cheap (say $1-2) for writeable, that's
> not
> > the point. Who wants to deal with figuring out what to rewrite? I just
had
> a
> > terrific ciba print made of a 15 year old kodachrome  discovered at the
> > bottom of a box! In the same box is a large computer tape I have no idea
> of
> > how to deal with. oh sure I *could* find a VAX somewhere and transfer it
> > onto a CD but who wants to deal with that. The chrome is usable in the
> same
> > format as on the day it was created. The Omega D2 enlarger I use is
> probably
> > 25 years old and still uses the same format lightbulbs.
> >
> > Jonathan Borden
> >
> >
> >
>