I was thinking the same thing, but I have to wonder if the new 70mm will yield better results on a digital camera. On Sep 24, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Gonz wrote:
> I like that kind of thinking! :) > > I'm going to do my own calculation, so I can enable myself with a > black > 77 limited. Hehe > > rg > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Now that my istD is on its last few weeks as my main camera, I was >> thinking about costs per picture. I came up with the following: >> >> I paid about $1200 for the istD in 2004. Plus, say, $200 in memory >> cards (I think it was a bit more). I'm not going to count any of the >> lenses I bought during this time, as these are usable in future >> cameras, and I'm not counting batteries as that's a small amount. My >> istD took about 14000 pictures in this time, so that works out to >> about 10 cents per frame shot. >> >> Before the istD my main camera was the M6, and I'd shoot TriX, bought >> from B&H, at I believe $3.50 per roll of 36 for imported TriX (which >> strangely, was cheaper than the stuff made for the US market). I'd >> develop at home and then scan the negs. Let's say it cost me about $1 >> per roll to develop, not counting my time of course. That's12.5 cents >> per frame. >> >> I'm not counting the cost of the film camera or scanner, since I'm >> interested in how much digital saved me given my preexisting >> situation. So in conclusion, I saved about 2.5 cents per frame shot, >> or about $350 in these two years. Of course, this is my very specific >> case, and your mileage will probably vary. >> >> That, plus the time saved, and everything I learned thanks to the >> instant feedback. >> >> BTW, it turns out to be just a little bit less than the cost of the >> new 21mm Limited lens, so I think I'm ordering one :) How's that >> for >> self-enablement? >> >> j >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
