Speaking to the issue of cost......
I had a Canon EOS-3 that cost me $850. I have a Canon EOS-20D that cost
me $1200. I'm not a full time pro so the 20D fit my plans. If i was a
working pro a digital SLR would have cost me $4500 or so, if I went full
frame we're talking $8000 for the body.. If I remember correctly from
my days in the camera shop I could have sold my -3 for $425 - $640,
(50-75% of new) Assuming I sold it for $500 my new DSLR is now
somewhere between $700 and $4000 or $7500.
Then there is the cost of CF cards. These can be reused many times
their cost isn't really part of the equation.
Now I need Adobe Photoshop. Add another $650 or so. Hopefully my pc is
capable of doing the type of graphics, or imaging work, that I will be
doing. It better have a good display adapter card so I can accurately
see the colors of the photos I just shot. If I plan to print every
image worth putting on paper I need a good photo printer. These can be
had for reasonable prices, but the ink is another matter. (I call the
photo printer deal the, "Polaroid Syndrome". Polaroid had great prices
on decent cameras and made a bundle on film.)
When I shot weddings or other events I would send the film to the lab
and look at the prints when they came back Now if I shoot an event with
digital I send the jpgs to the lab, after I sorting through the 1500 or
so shots. If I was shooting film I would have taken less shots. I'm
getting somewhat sloppy in my shooting because I can fire away at some
fps speed and get a good picture or two. With film I spent more time
considering each shot. Since I shot the same film and camera for years
I pretty much knew what I was going to see on paper. I didn't send it
to a laptop to make sure.
If I shoot MF with Hasselblad, for example, a new 503CW is $5k A H2 is
$3k, and a H2F is $2.8K while the digital bodies H3D-39 is $25K ($25000)
the H3D-31 is $22K and the newer H3D11-39 is $34K , the H3Dii-31 is only
$27K and the 503CWD is a mere $11K.
Once I get past the camera hardware the rest of the costs are pretty
much the same. Either way it's going to take some time till my digital
costs match or surpass my film costs.
So cost is not part of my equation. The only advantages I have in
digital is the TSA screeners don't give me any grief about hand
screening my film and if I need a print now, I can do that with my pc
and stuff at home.
OK, that's my 2 cents worth om film vs digital cost.....
Bob
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