> ... 20 rolls of 36 ... Assuming the prospect > DSLR produces equivalent image quality, how many cards do you need to carry > to shoot and hold that many images?
For a 6MP camera, that's five (5) 1 GByte cards, if you don't delete any files while traveling ... In my experience, I need two 1500 mAh batteries per 1Gig microdrive, which makes for a total of 10 batteries, still less space, albeit heavier, than 20 rolls of 135. And no x-ray mess to worry about. Personally, I'd rather just bring one or two sets of batteries and take the charger along, and recharge overnight. To save money ... But this whole discussion really is mute. Somebody who wants to do digital will do so, and people who oppose the idea won't. Peroid. Digital doesn't make film any less usable, and vice-versa. When I got my D30 originally, I shot nearly 15000 frames in just over a year, which is close to $4000 dollars worth of film and processing saved, not even counting the time saved for scanning. In effect, the D30 paid for itself within 16 months. I also noticed that I didn't shoot film at all any more, so I sold of nearly $1000 worth of E6 and B&W neg film. (Film was getting a nightmare to me anyways. I still have cartons and cartons of slides which I got back from processing, but never found the time to archive.) Eventually I upgraded to the D60 - wow, twice the MP at nearly half the cost! But was my D30 less usable? No. I kept it as a backup, and also as a camera for my GF to take pictures for her web business. Now that I see a 10D at the horizon, I'll finally sell the D30, and it will go a good way towards financing the 10D. The D60 will work well for my GF's tabletops, and it will be a more equal backup for the 10D. Lars -- .~. Lars Michael /V\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /(_)\ http://www.larsmichael.com/ ^^ ^^ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
