Hello Boris, Didn't sound like a rant, just common sense. Another way to state it, is if you don't shoot more than 140 rolls of film per year, then a DSLR is probably not cost justifiable. There are certainly other features about that one might want to consider, but on the money/value front, those who shoot ALOT, probably can justify it and those who don't, probably can't.
One thing you didn't factor in is the wedding/portrait guys. The cost per shot/roll there is much higher than 35mm, so it doesn't take as much to cost justify. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, February 11, 2004, 10:27:29 AM, you wrote: BL> Hi! BL> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:44:30 -0600 (CST) BL> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>A while back someone asked about *istD frame counts, and I understood >>why most people bitch about DSLR prices. >> >>And then he wrote some interesting text which I snipped. BL> Let me think out loud too. I've shot 40 rolls of film last year and BL> about 30 rolls of film the year before it. Say, if I had DSLR I would BL> be twice the trigger happy than I am now. And I am very trigger BL> unhappy fellow, mind you. So for two years I would've shot equivalent BL> of 140 rolls of film thereby achieving the breakeven point, right? BL> Now, I cannot hold as simple a gadget as a cell phone for two years. BL> Mine is now is just past its 18th month and I am having bad case of BL> gadget envy as I do want to upgrade. BL> As an aside observation - current prosumer grade DZLR seems to be like BL> 8 mp. I know that pixel count is not the Holy Grail itself, but it BL> does matter. So if for some reason I were to shoot most of my stuff at BL> nominal sensitivity, then my theoretically just acquired Canon Rebel D BL> would already lose to latest offerings from Sony, Canon themselves, or BL> Nikon. BL> My point being, that unless one has enough gear to sell or enough BL> money to spend *and* justification to do so, one would have to stay at BL> film camp. At the very least you can substitute "one" by Boris in the BL> last sentence. BL> There is a potential problem with gadgetry. It is one of "killer BL> application" or "killer feature". It can be that the next generation BL> of sensors or whatever tech there'd be then would cause many Friday FS BL> e-mails on this list... Or in other words, until buying a DSLR is not BL> going to be a good exercise in math... <you complete the sentence to your liking...>> <<Cotty, I know you can produce a your liking...>> good joke out of it, BL> most probably you can, but please don't <BG>>> BL> End of rant?! <BG> BL> Boris
