BS. I bought both film and processing chemistry in bulk quantities to minimize cost per roll, did all the B&W traditional negative processing, and only had films processed through C41 to negatives at $2.50 per 36exp roll of 35mm, or about $4 per roll of 120 format.
Printing is not included in the cost analysis... I find that for the volumes of color prints I had made vs the volumes of B&W prints I made at home, and then the transition to doing all of both myself at home through image processing and printing, the cost has been constant for prints. Moving to digital capture saves enough money every year to afford better equipment, or lots of printing ink and paper supplies AND some portion of travel expenses. G On Jan 23, 2007, at 8:51 AM, graywolf wrote: > 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 ... ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
