... 100% right. The Brasilian issue starts with the shipping - let's assume another $100 ($400). Now add Import taxes of 60% over combined price ($640). That's a huge step from the K20d indeed, and the difference to my Mx falls to $500, or just 100 rolls of film. Last year I shot 14 - now I'm using a digital PS to cover my family reunions.
I'm going digital asap. But even then I'm willing to risk up to $200 wandering aroung with 35mm & films. I just don't want to bother with loss of gear anymore. I'm pretty tired of whacking thieves with my walking stick, and getting older to outrun them either... ;-) Atually buying used gear involves another issue - if I'm lucky enough to buy a damaged camera, I'm paying SH and import taxes over it anyway. I'm trying to get hold of a new K2000, at least. I do think I'm within grasping range in 2009. It will be fundamental to my photography comeback, the same as the oldies. Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:18:57 -0500, "JC OConnell" <[email protected]> escreveu: > 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. > > > > -- 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.
