[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:08:30 -0400
At 11:57 PM 3/25/2010, Peter K. wrote:
Depending on the size of print you want, you can
get a very high quality printer like an Epson
Stylus Photo R2880 Ink Jet Printer for about
$700. Inks are about $15 per cartridge. This
model uses 8 different color inks. You can print
up to a 13x19 inch print. If you need larger
then the price goes up, but sending them out to
a service is inexpensive. You can get 4x6 for 19
cents each (MPIX, a division of Miller Labs) or a 20x24 for $19.99. Not bad.
One thing, paper and chemicals cost money too.
So if you subtract that cost digital is not too
bad. And no chemical poisons to worry about.
Peter, you make some excellent points. However,
to match quality to quality, you really have to
go to specialty inks. These are very expensive
(about $750 for my little Epson R200), last a
month or less whether you use them or not, and
which require a software upgrade. Mark Rabiner
has dropped off the world platform, but I know
that he knows of these things, as does Austin.
Again, I am not talking about "getting by". I am
talking about matching top-end with top-end. And
I cannot afford to match my current gear with
digital. Oh, sure, I could sell all my current
stuff (ALL of my current stuff, dozens and dozens
of cameras and lenses) and then invest in a Leica
M9 or the like, but, in six months, I would have
to do it all over again as technology catches up.
So, Mrs Lincoln, other than that, how was the play?
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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