Very true, I'd not be shooting film anymore if I didn't enjoy the process nearly as much as the results. Developing and scanning eat up time. The flip side is I enjoy developing and don't mind scanning.
-Adam On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:45 PM, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > Its not the cost in dollars that makes using film expensive, > It’s the cost in hours of my time. > > J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 12:43 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The Leica as a Teacher > > > Depends on the film. 5 rolls a month of inexpensive B&W film (Arista for > example) souped in Rodinal is around $15 a month. > > E-6 is expensive. C-41 less so and B&W can be dirt cheap. > > -Adam > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Luka Knezevic-Strika > <lukastr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 50 dollars or even a hundred is peanuts compared to the cost of film >> and develompent only for shooting 4-5 rolls a month for a year. >> >> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: >>> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Anybody else read >>>>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photograph >>>>> er/2009/05/a-leica-year.html >>>>> Mike Johnston's little ode to simplicity and the Leica as a >>>>> teacher. >>>>> >>>>> I'm seriously thinking about giving the basic concept a try. Not >>>>> with a Leica though, but rather with either a Yashica FX-3 or Nikon > >>>>> FM2n and a fast normal. I don't feel like paying the Leica tax and >>>>> my FX-3 in particular cost less than the eBay/Paypal transaction >>>>> fees on even a cheap M. >>>>> >>>> >>>> The follow-up piece is quite interesting too: >>>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/200 >>>> 9/05/why >>>> -it-has-to-be-a-leica.html >>>> >>>> The Leica 'tax' is a myth, as he points out. I have recently sold my > >>>> M4-2 which I had for about 8-10 years for about the same money I >>>> paid for it. Admittedly I spent £150- on it a few years ago for a >>>> service, but for a 1968 camera it did pretty well. My E-1, on the >>>> other hand, is worth nothing now. >>>> >>>> The older photographers among us had little choice but to learn the >>>> way Mike suggests. My early photography was with an MX which I >>>> bought by not smoking for a year. I generally shot black & white and > >>>> rarely had anything enlarged because I couldn't afford it - just the > >>>> contact prints. I still have all the negs and contacts and there are > >>>> probably hundreds of photos I should scan and enlarge. But I can't >>>> be arsed. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>> >>> The Leica tax is not a myth. Even if you consider the capital >>> expenditures a wash, a comparable 35mm SLR of similar vintage to an >>> M4 will cost no more than $50 and is often available much cheaper >>> than that. In other words buying the SLR will cost you less than >>> shipping, fees and taxes on the Leica, which you won't recover when >>> selling it. Heck, my FX-3 cost me $5 out of pocket and $25 total >>> (traded in a FR on it, payed $20 for the FR, got $20 trade-in value). > >>> Even a Nikon F can be had under $100. >>> >>> With very few exceptions, and nearly all of them fully-featured pro >>> bodies, 35mm SLR's are available for the price of beer. >>> >>> -- >>> M. Adam Maas >>> http://www.mawz.ca >>> Explorations of the City Around Us. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
