Its not the cost in dollars that makes using film expensive, Its the cost in hours of my time.
J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 12:43 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The Leica as a Teacher Depends on the film. 5 rolls a month of inexpensive B&W film (Arista for example) souped in Rodinal is around $15 a month. E-6 is expensive. C-41 less so and B&W can be dirt cheap. -Adam On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Luka Knezevic-Strika <lukastr...@gmail.com> wrote: > 50 dollars or even a hundred is peanuts compared to the cost of film > and develompent only for shooting 4-5 rolls a month for a year. > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: >> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Anybody else read >>>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photograph >>>> er/2009/05/a-leica-year.html >>>> Mike Johnston's little ode to simplicity and the Leica as a >>>> teacher. >>>> >>>> I'm seriously thinking about giving the basic concept a try. Not >>>> with a Leica though, but rather with either a Yashica FX-3 or Nikon >>>> FM2n and a fast normal. I don't feel like paying the Leica tax and >>>> my FX-3 in particular cost less than the eBay/Paypal transaction >>>> fees on even a cheap M. >>>> >>> >>> The follow-up piece is quite interesting too: >>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/200 >>> 9/05/why >>> -it-has-to-be-a-leica.html >>> >>> The Leica 'tax' is a myth, as he points out. I have recently sold my >>> M4-2 which I had for about 8-10 years for about the same money I >>> paid for it. Admittedly I spent £150- on it a few years ago for a >>> service, but for a 1968 camera it did pretty well. My E-1, on the >>> other hand, is worth nothing now. >>> >>> The older photographers among us had little choice but to learn the >>> way Mike suggests. My early photography was with an MX which I >>> bought by not smoking for a year. I generally shot black & white and >>> rarely had anything enlarged because I couldn't afford it - just the >>> contact prints. I still have all the negs and contacts and there are >>> probably hundreds of photos I should scan and enlarge. But I can't >>> be arsed. >>> >>> Bob >>> >> >> The Leica tax is not a myth. Even if you consider the capital >> expenditures a wash, a comparable 35mm SLR of similar vintage to an >> M4 will cost no more than $50 and is often available much cheaper >> than that. In other words buying the SLR will cost you less than >> shipping, fees and taxes on the Leica, which you won't recover when >> selling it. Heck, my FX-3 cost me $5 out of pocket and $25 total >> (traded in a FR on it, payed $20 for the FR, got $20 trade-in value). >> Even a Nikon F can be had under $100. >> >> With very few exceptions, and nearly all of them fully-featured pro >> bodies, 35mm SLR's are available for the price of beer. >> >> -- >> M. Adam Maas >> http://www.mawz.ca >> Explorations of the City Around Us. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
