I would like to point out that you would have gotten a large discount on film and processing if you had prepaid a thousand bucks or so in advance, which is what you in effect did by buying a digital camera.
-graywolf Boris Liberman wrote: > Yes, I can relate to that. When I owned my cars (I mean not work > provided cars) I also recorded the expenses. I did not record my > expenses when I was shooting film 3 years ago. > > I agree that going digital saves money spent on processing and film. > But then again I had to buy some DVDs, and then external storage > device, which thankfully to my family and friends was given to me as a > gift. > > But indeed, digital is more economical on one's wallet. > > Cheers. > > On 1/23/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All I can tell you, Boris, is that when I was doing photography as a >> hobby through the 1990s and into 2001, I was spending as much as >> $2000 a year on film and processing. Moving to digital cameras in >> 2002 as my primary capture freed up a lot of my money (and time!) to >> do more photography. >> >> I've always had all my photographic endeavors detailed in my >> accounting records, just like I have my automobiles, motorcycles and >> travel expenses ... It's just way to look at it and say to myself at >> the end of the year, "What have I been doing with my money all year? >> and was it worth it?" The photography always has been ... ;-) >> >> G >> >> On Jan 23, 2007, at 4:42 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >>> Gentlemen, there has to be a distinction made. It would be only >>> logical that the whole way of thinking of a person sells their >>> photographs and a person who is pure hobbyist are two totally >>> different kettles of fish. >>> >>> I made similar calc with my *istD. I see very little value in making >>> this kind of computation unless one is selling one's own work. It >>> would seem that Jens makes a sell or two every now and then ;-). Thus >>> for him it is very viable circumstance. >> >> -- >> 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
