The cards start paying for themselves the second time that you format and re-use them. Though they seem expensive in the beginning, after a few years, you can pretty much pay for the cards and the camera that you use them in. How many rolls of film do you shoot per year? Add up the cost of the film. The digital darkroom isn't free but, if you are reading this list, you've already got most of what you need in hardware. If you are as meticulous in shooting with a digital camera as you are in shooting with a film camera, you won't need expensive software to "fix" your pictures. I, personally take my digital images to WalMart and let them print 4" x 6" prints of the keepers on their Fuji Frontier. $0.26 per print is cheaper than I can do it at home. Anything I want to print really big, bigger than 13" x 19", I upload to Ofoto.com. A 20" x 30" print costs About $23.00. Yes, the Kodak folks at Ofoto make a great 20" x 30" print from a 6MP DSLR. As a matter of fact, they say you don't need that much resolution to get a good 20" x 30" print.
Now you know all of my "secrets" Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 2:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale > > > How much film could you buy for the cost of a given memory > card? IOW, at what point > does the card start paying for itself? And how many cards do > people have? > > Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > Hope this is making sense. In a nutshell, the ability to shoot > > without the concern of cost. Another example - My wife is quite > > cognizant of the cost per frame on her 35mm camera. I believe it to > > be about .50 each (film/develop/print). So she would mentally count > > the cost as she shot. Opting many times not to take/try a shot > > because she didn't want to pay for it. Now with her little Optio S, > > she will go out and freely shoot whatever takes her fancy. She may > > shoot about 90 frames of which later she wants 5-10 printed. Others > > she may not print but still want to keep, just in case. >
