Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re:now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market whattoys will you buy?
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Feb 24 20:12:31 2007
References: <00f301c75852$11041030$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto> <C206146A.463BF%mark@rabinergroup.com> <9b678e0702242000s4f4a6cd5pbd3b66ad1eb0762e@mail.gmail.com>

Sounds like "work for hire" has finally gotten its just desserts;^)

Ric


On Feb 24, 2007, at 11:00 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> Mark,
> You will get a kick out of a sub cult of pro's down here in  
> Atlanta.  They
> shoot film and have an old fashioned contact sheet made.  Hand the  
> film and
> the contact sheet to the buyer and take a check.  The buyer gets to  
> pay for
> the scans, and if she/he complains the photog directs he/she to the  
> contact
> sheet and says it's your problem in the scan, it is there in the  
> image.
> Very much a growing business at E-6 labs here in Atlanta.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
> On 2/24/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/24/07 3:26 PM, "Christopher Williams"  
>> <leicachris@worldnet.att.net>
>> typed:
>>
>> > I put $10,000 down on the H3d but then I could not figure out  
>> where the
>> film
>> > went so I got my deposit back minus 50%
>> >
>> > Seeing how Contax 645 AF kits are going for under $2000 new/like  
>> new,
>> I'd say
>> > that's "affordable". They were $4000 new.
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Kyle Cassidy"
>> > Subject: [Leica] now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market
>> whattoys
>> > will you buy?
>> >
>> >
>> > looking at the price of hassy bodies lately, and film equipment in
>> general, i
>> > find myself thinking "wow, i could get that
>> > rodenstock/contax/whatnot that i always wanted!"
>> >
>> > what's percolated to your "affordable" range these days that  
>> didn't used
>> to
>> > live there?
>> >
>> > kc
>> >
>> >
>> All kinds of large format gear. Large format Glass. Which were  
>> always a
>> lot
>> cheaper than Hassy stuff.
>>
>> I think you could shoot 5x7 or 8x10 sheetfilm.
>> Scan it in a 99 dollar scanner.
>> And get better results than a $40,000 Fuji Hassy.
>>
>> Digital contact prints.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Rabiner
>> New York, NY
>>
>> markrabiner.com
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re:now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market whattoys will you buy?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Re:now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market whattoys will you buy?)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re:now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market whattoys will you buy?)