Dear BOB, One could argue that you should add your film & processing costs to truly compare the price of an H3D and an film camera - however, it seems that the consumer stuff (point & shoots and cheaper SLRs) is getting close to the price of their film equivalents... How much did you spend per day on film & processing back in the days?? Rémi. -----Original Message----- From: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BOB KISS Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:18 AM To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [HUG ] Re: Price Comparisons DEAR JUSTIN, When I had my ad photography studio in NYC (1973-1993) it worked out that one day's ($2,500 US) pay bought one major piece of 'Blad equipment. Less expensive lenses and accessories were obviously a smaller portion. Soooooooooooooo, if I got a week long assignment that would be better produced with a new Blad goodie, it made sense. In 1980 got my ELM (which is still working beautifully) for one day's pay (though that day may have been closer to $3,000)...I don't remember exactly. Back then there were photogs who got MUCH more per day than I. Today, I have heard that the going day rates in NYC and London (3,000 and 5,000 pounds sterling) are between $3,000 (low end) and $8,000 to $10,000 and up (high). Am I right that digital 'Blad bodies cost around $35,000 US? I don't think there are too many photogs who make $35,000 US per day. In conclusion I feel that the equipment prices have risen much faster than the income rates. CHEERS! BOB -----Original Message----- From: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin F. Knotzke Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:39 PM To: Hasselblad Mailing List Subject: [HUG ] Price Comparisons Hi, Reading about Hasselblad's financial woes and looking at their product line, back in the day were the 500 series cameras considered as expensive as the H series line is now ? J -- http://www.shampoo.ca ============================================================================ ================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. __________ NOD32 3157 (20080604) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.