[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/28/2005 6:17:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Frank's $6000 figure was
disingenuous posturing for not going digital. my system didn't cost $6000,
including the *istD. if he had just stayed with just saying he didn't like
digital or didn't want to spend the time, he would have been like a bunch of
other people on this list, agreeing to disagree. instead, he spouted a
nonsensical figure and you swallowed it all. next thing i know, the lot of
you will cheer Frank's heroic sacrifice for refusing to save up for a car
because he'll never afford $100K for a decent BMW.
Herb...
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I think I missed something here. Part of a thread or something.
Okey, dokey. There is one thing Herb you may have forgotten, having been poor
a large portion of my adult life (no more, thankfully), or having limited
funds, anyway, I haven't forgotten it. It is MUCH, MUCH harder to come up with
$1000 or so in one lump sum than to come up with $10 a week. Or whatever. Sure,
over time, the bit by bit may actually cost more, but the funds may only be
available in bit by bit amounts, not in large lump sum. That is just the way it
is.
I am really finding some of your comments lately too elitist, sorry. Not
everyone has the financial resources to do what you think they should. And why
should you care, really, what others do? Or how they spend their own money?
I don't. And I don't care if finances are not their only reason, either.
I've personally spent a lot on digital. Camera, cards, printer, paper, inks,
PS, Spyder, etc. I don't even want to look at the total figure. But it
certainly doesn't stop just with the camera. It can be a little cheaper if one wants
to compromise, or it can be quite expensive.
Oh, well, the above really rubbed me wrong. Seems sort of silly to argue
against someone else's decision. Or whatever explanations they offer for their own
decisions.
Marnie aka Doe
Marnie's right here. It's something that kept (and keeps) me shooting
film. Regular low costs are an easier burden than a high up front cost
even for someone not on a fixed income. I got lucky in that I had all
the necessary bits other than the camera already due to previous
investments when I lucked across an incredible deal on an *istD. That
puchase still has my budget in tatters 3 months later though.
-Adam
