Right about all that - in the first world anyway. If I buy a K20d here in BR I'm going to expend something like $1500~1700... just the body with the kit lens. My best Mx was $120 with a very clean 50mm 1.7. There is a lot of film in the difference (negative 35mm by Fuji, $5 apiece, developed and scanned). Yes, I will buy the K20d one of these days. To complement my gear.
My $120 loss if I damage the Mx is NOT stopping me to use it. The moment I lose $1700 I'll be very angry indeed. I don't shoot that much, so that difference is not hurting so much. In the future (near, I hope) I'll do a lot of shooting with the digital. But as long as I have the gear and the film so cheap, I'm using it. Actually, I think I'll be using film as long as I can. Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:42:47 -0500, "JC OConnell" <[email protected]> escreveu: > Film is more expensive to use than a DSLR > after a fairly short number of exposures. AND the > primary cost of using a SLR/DSLR system > is in cost of the multiple lenses, not the single body. > > I have shot over 4000 frames with my DSLR > camera in two years, film and film developing alone, no > prints, would have cost much more than the $350 > I paid for the DSLR, not to mention the value of all the time > saved. > > JC O'Connell > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Luiz Felipe > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 1:36 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: Its almost 2009 - Who's still shooting 35mm film? > > > I do - matter of fact, just bought myself a working Mx, a second one to > restore, and will keep using film as long as I can. Film cameras are > rather cheap now, so it's possible to assemble a "dirty gear" spending > less than $150, so there's no worry about damaging or losing $$, and I'm > going where I never had the courage to carry my LX - and if my gear gets > stolen, I very much doubt the thief is going to develop my films... no > pic taken with that gear is going to appear anywhere. > > There are lots of places to go where 35mm negative film is promptly > available and correctly developed. I intendo to go more digital soon, > but as long as there's film, I'm using it. > > Luiz Felipe > luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br > > > > > Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:12:04 -0000, "Malcolm Smith" > <[email protected]> escreveu: > > > > JC OConnell wrote: > > > > > Its almost 2009 - Who's still shooting 35mm film? > > > > Yes. I still put a few rolls of slide film through my LX and will do > > until it becomes impossible to buy any. > > > > Malcolm > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > > follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
