Chris B. wrote: > Why does everyone > always argue that the price of printers, paper and ink need to be factored > into comparing digital and film cameras? Do you include the price of a > good minilab into the purchase of your film camera? If you don't want to > print them yourself, take the files to a good lab and let them do it... > just like film.
Well, because those folks are arguing against it. Technically, I have to add the cost of a darkroom to the cost of my film cameras, not to mention chemicals and paper. Photo paper has been a rather large line-item in my budget for most of my adult life. Well, okay, so I don't have a budget. But if I *DID*, it would be a big number there, I'll tell ya whut. --Mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .