Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, but I bet if you find your Dad's old hard drive in a closet in 2056, you won't be able to do this with the files: http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-84250.html Max ----- Original Message ----- From: <kelvinlee@pacific.net.sg> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 1:36 AM Subject: [Leica] Re:Second thoughts about digitals > > Digital cameras are best really, for people who actually use their > cameras. > Not great for people who otherwise shoot 2 rolls a year, who should then > stick to film. > > What is the real cost of running a film camera? > Assume you shoot 10 rolls of film a week. That's 52 rolls a year. Assume > film+process is about US$5/roll (conservatively). That's US$2600 a year. > > Will your DSLR depreciate $2600 a year? For most people who use a EOS 10D > or 20D , probably not. ... so the savings in film+process often makes up > for > the depreciation. > > Furthermore, I find I shoot more with digitals than I did w/ film. > > You can't do a 1:1 comparison b/n film and digital ... because the running > cost of film camera is actually higher in comparison, for people who > actually > use their cameras regularly. > > > > Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 20:20:33 -0400 > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Second thoughts about digitals > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Message-ID: <BEBD3191.A48%bdcolen@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Of course $650 was a very low price for a good M3 10 years ago. In fact, > it > was low for a good M3 three or four years ago. Had you bought a good M3 > just > 5 years ago, you'd undoubtedly lose money on it if you sold it today. And > certainly that's the case for M6s, M7s, and M4s. Although all have held on > to far, far more of their value than the high-end digital cameras. ;-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information