Re: [Leica] Leica and digital photography

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Well, Sam, to be perfectly honest, I can't afford to go both ways...If I'm
going to go digital, I'm going to buy a high-end digital camera, and, at the
moment, I can't do that without holding a Leica fire sale.....;-)

As to the European trip....If I had a Canon D60, or the new Nikon D100 (if
it ever comes out) I would absolutely take that on a European trip....and
not have to worry about airport security and the xraying of my film...

B. D.


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Krneta <skrneta@mindspring.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica and digital photography


> BD,
>
> What convincing? Let me break up the fight between you two identities.
> Do both, digital and film. I find that digital is great for snapping at
> family outings and as a back up, for then quick snaps. I wouldn't take
> digital on a European vacation where the shots would be very dear to me.
>
> Sam Krneta
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of B. D.
> Colen
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:24 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica and digital photography
>
> Come on, Austin - I'm not going to get in an argument with you, because
> I
> know I can't possibly win ;-)....But....I suppose we're assuming that
> one
> already has a computer...
>
> But let's see, film is how much per roll, assuming one is shooting color
> negative - or slide? And processing is how much per roll? And once one
> goes
> digital one presumably never again has to buy film or pay for
> processing?
>
> I know that I pay about $2 per roll for gray market tri-x, and pay $8
> per
> roll for processing....so if I shoot 25 rolls, that's $250  per job.
> Which
> means that if I was shooting a job a week, which I'm not, in my first
> year I
> could set up a terrific digital darkroom, with all the redundency one
> could
> possibly want, and enough storage media to carry me for years to
> come....and
> then the next year I could start replacing digital equipment.....all out
> of
> my film and processing money....
>
> Now, if only I can convince myself to sell my Leica equipment to finance
> the
> purchase of the digital equipment.....but so far my digital side hasn't
> managed to convince my analogue side...;-)
>
> B. D.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Austin Franklin <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 5:12 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica and digital photography
>
>
> > > Face it, despite what someone suggested, digital saves money. You
> > > can argue
> > > all you want about the quality, but no one who has any idea what so
> ever
> > > what they're talking about will contend that digital is more
> > > expensive than
> > > film.
> > >
> > > B. D.
> >
> > Hum.  Well, what about the cost of storing the digital images (and you
> do
> > need multiple copies BTW)?  They can be burned to CD, and you can get
> 500
> or
> > so per CD I'd guess, but you do need to have a computer with a CD
> > writer...and that doesn't come free.  It isn't that expensive, but it
> sure
> > does enter into the equation.  Storing film is cheap, put it in a
> box...but
> > there really, at least in my book, isn't a clear winner as far as cost
> goe
> s,
> > and I'm hard pressed to accept a blanket statement that digital is
> cheaper,
> > since I know for me, it hasn't been...but then, I probably don't have
> any
> > idea what so ever what I'm talking about ;-)
> >
> > Austin
> >
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