No,no,no digital although at first sight seems cheaper (no film costs/no
developing and printing)has many hidden costs.As jjs is saying.The
competition *obliges* you to buy everything our friend mentions;anyway I
think photography and computers don't match in one sentence.CAD, yes, is
something worth about (computer aided design-all architects here/civil
engineers use it, I personally make excellent drawings with it, being a
freelance electrician-
www.teiher.gr )
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Analogue technology rules-digital sucks
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jjs stated:
In article , "Michael Benveniste"
wrote:
"Mike Henley" wrote in message
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I'll use a budget of no more than $999.99.
What is your budget for recurring costs? The incremental cost to put
a shot "in the can" and to preview it is effectively free for digital
but not for film.
I just bought my wife a little toy digital camera. The price was $279
at Best Buy. After getting her the memory and extra battery she needs
for
her trip, it was $550. And now I need to get an extra portable
(pocketsized) external drive for home-to-work storage and schleping.
That
was another $200. And then another extra drive to back that one (and
more); another $200. Then the printer just wasn't good enough. $300.
Extra
ink cartriges: $109 for a set with backup.
Now I find that the home laptop computer has aged beyond usefull life
for
digital imaging (the LCD backlight is going fast). That's almost more
than
I can friggin stand.
But that's not all! With the digital pictures, one wants to share them
and
now we're talking about burning CDROMs and DVDs, and paying an ISP for
web
space, and there's never enough web space, so it's $$$ all over again.
Add it all up, again and again. There's NO FRIGGIN END to the cost of
digital!
Learn to draw the line, its like all things, you can STOP at any time
and say enough!! Usually its money that limits our choices, not
desire or 'lust'.
Now, go look at the costs of the same thing but with a film camera,
developing lab, print material, ability (lots of screwups), chemicals
and you can NOT carry this with you.
Dig cam is easier and more convenient, but not so cheap!!
Have Fun!!