I have no idea how I can check the exact amount of shutter actuation which occured from my D. Is there an EXIF tag somewhere ?
2007/1/22, Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I didn't do the math on my D. If I would I should also calculate the > costs of my Lens Buying Addiction which exceeds the istD price. > The D was the primary infection resulting in my LBA :) > > Toine > > On 1/21/07, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello All > > Since I am soon to receive my K10D, which will partly replace my *ist D, I > > guess a little statistics is in it's place. > > > > I had it for 29 months. > > I did 45000 shots > > I paid app.. 1180 USD incl. CF-cards, for it. > > That's the total cost - just about. > > > > That's in average 52 shots every day. > > Each shot cost me 0,4 USD or 4.4 cents > > That's 2.3 USD every day. Something like 5 cigarettes every day (Danish > > price level). > > I don't smoke BTW. > > > > If I had used film and my MZ-S this figuring would have been very different: > > > > I would have taken only 33 % of the number of shots = 15.000 shots > > I would have been able to use the camera for 29 more months before it got > > obsolete, reducing the cost of the camera to 50%. > > I would have used 417 films at a total cost of app. 6000 USD > > Each shot would have cost me app. 0.5 USD, which is about 10 times the cost > > of a digital shot !!!!! > > In total I would have spent app. 7000 USD. > > > > About selling photographs: > > I believe the *ist D did pay for itself - a couple of times actually, > > during it's 29 months of hard labour. > > If I had used film I would have lost money - I guess I would have spent > > perhaps 3000-4000 USD, that no one but me, would have had to pay. > > No wonder digtal cameras are so popular. > > > > Soon I will (almost) retire the *ist D. > > It will serve as a back-up body - or my wide angle body, when ever I use two > > bodies simultaneously - one wide angle lens and one tele lens. > > > > The final economics of the K10D will no doubt be even better than described > > above, since the camera is less expensive and more ressourcefull > > (67% more pixels in each shot and Shake Reduction will probably mean, that I > > will sell more photographs). > > The only REAL BIG DOWNSIDE: I will certainly miss TTL-flash!!! > > > > Regards > > Jens > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.1/640 - Release Date: 01/19/2007 > > 16:46 > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
