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Subject: [Leica] OT: Mark's dream camera!!!
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 09:54:05 +0800
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There was a point where I was going through about $200 in film and  
developing a week. And I still had a day job. After that I pretty  
much gave up shooting film.

On May 29, 2009, at 8:47 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> Richard,
>
> $6 a roll doesn't include processing or scanning.
>
> Many, many wonderful reasons exist to expose, develop and enlarge  
> or scan film.
> Cost (in terms of $'s and time) per frame is not one of them; for  
> serious shooters.
>
> Roughly speaking film and processing costs $15 (not including time)  
> for:
> 1 - 8x10 in
> 2 - 5x7 in
> 4 - 4x5 in
> 10 - 6x7 cm
> 12 - 6x6 cm
> 36 - 24 x 36 mm
>
> 4,000 frames per year = average 11 frames per day (which is not  
> much shooting - just ask Tina)
> so your 6x7 replacement sensors will cost you $5475 not including  
> camera or lenses.
>
> ;~)
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On May 28, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>> I went to Keeble & Schucat to pick up some 60mm X 70mm replaceable  
>> senors.
>> They come in 10 to a pack of $6. Much cheaper than a D3X in my book.
>
>
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THEIN Onn Ming
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