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[at-l] Cost Comparison - Digital VS Slides
Yah I was scratching my head over that comparison, like you I have little
interest in doing slide shows and suspect only folks who do it
semi-professionally have any interest in doing it. If I had to do a short
slide show I could get 30 or 40 files converted to slides at a buck apiece
( according some other poster). That would be an exceeding rare event for
me. Otherwise I can just haul my notebook along and do a slide show on the
notebook monitor screen for a small group.
My camera cost $300 bucks, three 128 MB memory cards go for $135 total, I
have a notebook and photo printer and since my camera uses 4 AA batteries I
can buy 3 sets of batteries and a recharger for $50 or so ( a WAG). That
puts me well under $500.
Furthermore when you have 3000 or 5000 slides you have to store them in
climate controlled conditions, not so easy to do with that many. And if you
have prints then you will end up with a big stack of photo albums, expensiv=
e
albums. You can probably figure at least another $0.25 just for album costs
per print. I just have to keep a couple cd-roms.
I was a SLR film user for many years and just converted over to digital. Th=
e
main reason I switched was that I was buying my first notebook computer and
also getting a photo-capable printer. So moving to digital made sense for
me. I think people should use whatever they are the most comfortable with.
Film is much higher resolution and folks are more used to it. I just do no=
t
think this bogus price comparison makes any sense. Digital is cheaper, it
encourages you take many more shots and has a lot of other advantages.
Returning from a long trip with 20 rolls of film was always a trauma to the
wallet for me, hundreds of dollars in development costs was always
unpleasant. A finding a envelope of stuck together prints is likewise a
PITA.
Bryan
>
> Total nonsense. I already have a computer, I don't need a projector or a
> lap top. Your cost of memory cards is 3 times what I paid.
>
> Sorry, yours is not a serious comparison. It's as if I suggested you buy
> and set up a photo processing lab in your home.
>
> I figure my cost for digital camera, memory cards and rechargeabloe
> batteries $400 total for 3 years (then throw it away and buy a
> better one).
> I figure $400 for 4000 pictures that $.10 per shot.
>
> Film (using your own numbers) $1369 for 2400, $260 for the other 1800 =3D
> $1629. =3D $.40 per shot - 4 times as much.
>
> I use Digital and I have never given a slide show in my life and all my
> friends are happy to get my shots via email. Noone in my house
> hads looked
> at a print or a slide for 5 years (except shots of my grandson
> whivh came in
> the mail - we looked at them a few times). Am I the exception, I doubt i=
t
> very much having talked to dozens of hikers.
>
> You don't fool me with your bogus numbers for a microsecond.
>
> Pb
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Bullard" <bullard@northnet.org>
> To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 3:47 PM
> Subject: [at-l] Cost Comparison - Digital VS Slides
>
>
> The discussion re: film vs digital has revolved around image quality whic=
h
> is probably not a big consideration for the average thru-hiker who only
> wants web site illustration, slides for doing presentations to groups
> post-hike and the odd print no larger than 8=D710. I decided to check ou=
t
> the actual numbers in a comparison between slide film and digital for suc=
h
> a hiker. My calculation assumes that the hypothetical hiker is starting
> from scratch and assume $350 for the camera in either case. That
> amount is
> enough to get reasonably good quality in a 35mm P&S/SLR or digital P&S
> camera. I have also assumed 2400 photos (Weary said he took 3000). All
> Prices (except flat bed scanner and laptop) are from B&H Photo in NYC.
>
> Film Option: Camera $350, 3 sets of batteries - $24, Carousel Projector
> 4200 - $180, 67 rolls of 36 exposure Kodak Elite slide film/ISO
> 200 - $368,
> 67 prepaid processing mailers - $301, scanner with transparency
> capabilities UMAX 4450 (direct from UMAX) $129 : Total $1352
>
> Digital Option: Camera $350, 3 - 128meg memory cards (one for use, one t=
o
> send in the mail and one to cover gaps in maildrops) - $210, 24 sets of
> batteries (assuming 100 photos/set) - $192, laptop for running digital
> slide shows (Gateway or DELL) - $999, SANYO 800=D7600 pixel LCD projector=
(
> the cheapest in the B&H catalog) - $1399 : Total $3150
>
> The difference: +$1798 for digital
>
> Of course, if the hypothetical hiker already owned some of the above the
> figures would change accordingly as would buying used equipment, getting =
a
> volume discount on the film/processing mailers but I believe the above
> demonstrates that digital is not necessarily cheaper than film even with
> the difference in image quality left out of the equation. Even
> if one took
> double the number of pictures I calculated, the digital option would stil=
l
> cost $1129 more.
>
> sAunTerer (who likes digital but isn't kidding himself that it is cheaper=
)
>
>
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