At 10:49 AM 1/11/2003 -0800, Stephen Scharf wrote:
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There are more than two or three advantages that DSLRs have over 35 mm.
One is not having to buy and pay for processing film. I can easily shoot
500 frames at a go-kart race (And before you guys jump all over me for
taking 500 frames, understand that in a *business* like D&W Images, you
need to shoot a lot of frames because you're trying to get at least one,
and preferably more than one photo of *every* racer, and there are at
least two hundred or more racers). That would cost me $70 in film and
about $125 in processing alone. With the D60, it doesn't cost me anything.
On my tryout day, I shot 550 frames and came home with a CD of about 330
"keepers", and sold about $250 worth of photos that very same *day*. Same
day sales of race photos are also a BIG, BIG plus for D-SLRs.
Yes, there are many advantages of DSLRs over film. Some are real, some are
imaginary, and some are tradeoffs. For example, in this case, the rapid
shooting (all free! Woww!) means that one may run through the life a
shutter in much less time than it would have than in a film camera. May be
it doesn't matter in a PRO-based body like the Can*n 1D, but other bodies,
beware. Of course if you are a PRO, then it may not matter since you can
"afford" it. If you are just snap-shooting, then it may not matter since
you wouldn't take that many pictures regardless.
I agree the same day sales are important. Exactly why I would probably
purchase a DSLR some times this year.
// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
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