FWIW, I have noticed an increase in 'shooting rate' WRT what I used to shoot on film.
I seem to be averaging 10,000 frames per year with digital (over the past 2.5 years). That's about 277 36 exposure rolls a year on film. When I was shooting film, I think my average was about half that - about 150 rolls a year. However, my technique has not changed as far as I am aware. If I am shooting sport of action, with the LX and drive, it was 5 fps, and a couple of dozen rolls. If it was landscapes, it was on the tripod, and only 1 roll for the whole day. This has not changed with digital. I think that what digital does allow one to do is not worry about money in the same way. Most if the cost with digital is up front when you buy the camera and all the worry happens in the weeks leading up to the purchase! Also, because of digital, I find my interest and passion for stills photography has been rekindled, and so I make more of an effort to get out and shoot. This would explain why I shoot twice as much as I used to. If I had had this amount of enthusiasm 3 years ago, then I am confident I would have been shooting a similar amount on film. So, I am up to 5000 frames, after 6 months on a relatively new camera. With an expected shutter life of 250,000 frames, it will presumably break down in 25 years. When it does, I will be 70 years old, and by then I will be into a large format and exposing 5 frames a day, sat on my stool, waiting for the light ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
