[LRflex] Re: The effort to load film
- From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:23:56 -0700
On Jun 22, 2007, at 5:16 PM, David Young wrote:
> At 22/06/2007, you wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> We seem to have reached the same conclusion this week. I find it
>> to be
>> a deliberate effort to load up my film cameras nowadays. The 5D has
>> been serving me really well as the Leicanon engine.
>
>
> For me, John, it's not the effort to load film...but the cost. With
> wildlife work, you can go out, fire off 100 frames, and come home
> with nothing. Yeah...they're well exposed, and (usually) sharp, but
> the light might be not the best, or they moved in the time it took
> for reflexes to fire the camera after the brain said "go!".
>
> With film, that becomes a very expensive habit. With digital, I can
> "fire at will", and then delete as necessary. My printing costs are
> limited to those shots which pass the cut.
>
> Thus, even a DMR & R9 can be paid for, in short order, if you shoot
> as many thousands of frames a year as I do.
absolutely... at Canyon de Chelly... recently of a group of 16, I
was the only one shooting film... 23 rolls x 36.... so far
$400...for film and processing, so far.... !
makes me really appreciate the digital savings that you, Tina and
others have talked about....
Steve
>
> Cheers!
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>
> David Young,
> Logan Lake, CANADA
>
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