Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No. The cost of cummuting is incremental. You would not be driving from point A (your home) to point B (your work) for any other reason. So you should cound the cost of the fuel, and if you want to be very precise, a portion of your maintenance costs, depreciation etc. But unless the only reason you bought the car is to go to work, you should not count things like the purchase price or the road taxes as part of your commuting cost. These are not "accountant's tricks" but common-sense economic analysis. I bought computers before I had ever heard of digital photography, and I would continue to buy a new computer every few years even if I gave up photography tomorrow. So to count the cost of the computer as part of the cost of photography is nonsense. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Dec 13, 2008, at 8:53 PM, Luis Miguel Casta?eda Navas wrote: > > On 13/12/2008, at 19:52, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> The computer I have is an iMac which I bought earlier this year. >> But I would have bought this computer even if I were not taking >> pictures. I use it to surf, to e-mail, to work with Excel, Word, >> Powerpoint etc. So its cost was not incurred as a consequence of >> photography and so should not be counted. > > why not? I always found this pretty much an accountant's trick, just > like the kind of reasoning like I use the car to commute, but as > long as I will have it for myself the cost of commuting fuel should > not be counted as a work expense. > > The fact is that digital photography up to certain level -that we > all here match- requires a computer with proper software and > storage, and despite we already have one or not, or if it's shared > with another tasks, should be counted. We can discuss what > percentage of cost charges each task, but to me (who works mostly > coding custom software) the added cost seems as clear as film in a > film camera. > > cheers. > > > I feel better, to hell with photography, art, women, and all > E. Weston, 1924 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://luis.imaginarymagnitude.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information