hi, you can get 6 MP Pentax DSLRs used but working fine for under $300 now on ebay from sellers that will ship to any place on earth. Even a 6Mp is close to film in quality, actually superior with respect to grain. Not quite as sharp as 35mm film but the zero film and developing costs pays for the camera in no time and there are many shooting advantages to digital also, besides the lower operational costs over film.
JC O'Connell [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Luiz Felipe Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:13 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Its almost 2009 - Who's still shooting 35mm film? 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. -- 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.
