If You Could Only Choose One Camera For The Rest Of Your Life Which One Would It Be? (Page 18): I may be missing something here , I also bought slide film , it cost $6.00 plus tax a...

IBM

rehess wrote:

But for those of us who formerly used slide film, which became slides to be projected not prints, there is no cost because now we can look at the image on any available screen at a true cost of $0.00

I may be missing something here , I also bought slide film , it cost $6.00 plus tax a roll ,and that included , the cost of mounting and developing , how do you arrive at a cost of. $0.00 , and film was a couple $$ more for the same amount , hardly any one who took a lot of
Pic . Used film ,unless he was a pro shooting for a living ,

BebuLamar

IBM wrote:

I may be missing something here , I also bought slide film , it cost $6.00 plus tax a roll ,and that included , the cost of mounting and developing , how do you arrive at a cost of. $0.00 , and film was a couple $$ more for the same amount , hardly any one who took a lot of
Pic . Used film ,unless he was a pro shooting for a living ,

Checking B&H the cost of 35mm slide film is about $10 for a roll of 36 exp and about the same for the envelop to process it. So it's quite expensive.

IBM

BebuLamar wrote:

Checking B&H the cost of 35mm slide film is about $10 for a roll of 36 exp and about the same for the envelop to process it. So it's quite expensive.

Yes it is , what is Rehess saying ?? That the cost for slides is. $0.00 ,

seaside7

I would choose the one that I felt most comfortable with. Brand should mean absolutely nothing.

IBM

IBM wrote:

I may be missing something here , I also bought slide film , it cost $6.00 plus tax a roll ,and that included , the cost of mounting and developing , how do you arrive at a cost of. $0.00 , and film was a couple $$ more for the same amount , hardly any one who took a lot of
Pic . Used film ,unless he was a pro shooting for a living ,

Or are you meaning shoot on your camera card , Sandisk then transfer to a CD disk or jump drive , then cost is almost nill ,

seaside7

RichardSM wrote:

Well it's true you can shoot thousands of pic's on a digital camera. A film camera back in 1965 the non pro model cost around $79.00 to $149.00 and pro camera cost around $400.00 And film was .99 cents to 3.99 a roll, and development was as much as $5.99 a roll . To day the cost is for a decent non pro is $800.00 and up and a pro level cameras is $3500.00 or more for a DSLR So I think the cost is pretty high per photo.

When I was shooting weddings (900+) all on film and the most I shot was 200 with a Hassy. Today a wedding photographer shoots about 7000 per wedding.Why so many? because they can. No understanding of how or why they took a photo, posing is debatable,ect. The cameras of today make it easy to take proper exposed photos without any knowledge of how or what settings etc. Just put the dial on green/auto and just shoot away. Just hang out a shingle and you are a wedding photographer. That said, there are some very excellent photographers out there, but they are the ones with the knowledge and understanding of basic photography and have perfected their craft. But most are hackers and not worth the money they charge.

Sorry for the rant, and to that end , I Apologize

waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li

seaside7 wrote:

I would choose the one that I felt most comfortable with. Brand should mean absolutely nothing.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

seaside7 wrote:

When I was shooting weddings (900+) all on film an... (show quote)

This is just one of the many things that has made the present/near future wedding business near impossible. Some expect you to perform it properly for $150, because if not you, someone else will. Not for me any more. Not for a long time! Best of luck.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

i'm surprised this post generated 18 pages of replies. if you are under 50, there will be too much good stuff coming down the pike for you to resist.

RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

seaside7 wrote:

When I was shooting weddings (900+) all on film an... (show quote)

I can certainly sympathize with you.
During the film days long before digital came to the masses professional photographer new their craft when it came to taking photographs,
Yes you my be right about some these new digital so called pro's.