Sorry Doug but that is a non-argument. You have done two different things. Would you have argued the same if you had taken a video camera and filled 10 DVDs with cine footage?
Print the lot out, factor in your time at a reasonable rate, _then_ come back and tell us how much it cost. I'll let you off with capital costs...... 8-) > > From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/11/13 Tue PM 11:35:08 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Paid For > > Howdy, folks, > > Well, in a sense, my K10D just paid for itself and the *ist D and a > couple of lenses, to boot. I shot a really big three-day amateur auto > racing event this weekend, which I do every year. This is my second or > third year shooting it on digital. Only this year did I really get into > the digital swing of things, apparently ... I managed to take nearly > 3,000 exposures home, not even counting the ones I deleted in the camera. > > The last time I shot film, it cost me about US$ 20 per 24-exposure roll > for the film, developing, and medium res scanning. Had I been shooting > film, last weekend would've cost me around US$ 2,500 in film and > associated costs. But it wouldn't have ... on film, I'd never have > tripped the shutter that many times. I think the most I ever shot in a > four-day event on film was about 50 36 exposure rolls, which is 40% of > 3,000 exposures. And I more commonly shot around 30 rolls of 36 each in > a 4-day event. :-) > > I finally find that I'm doing more experimenting with digital as I'm > finally getting it through my head that there's no significant > additional cost per exposure. I'm taking shots I would never have tried > before. I'm taking several of each shot so that hopefully I'll get an > acceptable one. Tons of things that I'd never have been able to afford > on film. > > That said, the chore of culling and post-processing 3,000 images is > nothing to sneeze at. :-) > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
