You could do what I did, Frank. Get a used highend digital P&S for when
it is most expedient to use. I paid $200 for the Oly C-5050Z and $29 for
a 512mb CF card (68 raw, 400+ jpg). I admit it has not supplanted the
film cameras, but it has pretty much done so for the scanner.
BTW, I never did get my lenscap in the mail.
graywolf
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frank theriault wrote:
On 11/23/05, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
alternate scenario - to get Robert's services, Frank has to pay twice as
much, plus pay more for B&W film.
Twice as much?
Right now I have 5 film bodies that I use on a regular basis. They've
long since been paid for.
How many digital bodies would I need to replace them? How much would
that cost? I'd like to have not just a dslr (I'd prefer two), but a
digital rangefinder (that Epson ain't cheap). I wouldn't even bother
thinking of "replacing" my old Yashicamat, so I'm looking at minimum
three bodies.
My computer at home is a dinosaur. It would cost thousands to upgrade
it to a point where it would be an efficient tool for processing/post
processing/storage device. I don't have a photo-quality printer, so
tack on hundreds more.
I'm figuring that it's gonna cost me at least $6,000 to put me in a
position where my digital capabilities are equivalent to what I now
have in film - and that's likely an low estimate.
Even if it's argued that I could get away with one body, the cost of
that plus computer upgrades would be minimun $3,000
Add to that the fact that going digital will take many hours per week
of my time doing PS crap that I really don't like doing (and there's
got to be a cost consideration to that), and I think I'm saving
big-time by sticking with film.
I really don't see how you can say that film is costing me "twice as
much" as going digital.
cheers,
frank
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"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
