> To those of you who judged me daft for declining my wife's offer
> of a new E-1, let me defend my sanity, however unpersuasively to
> some of you, by explaining some of my reasoning.
>
> It's a lot of money, and even though it's coming out of a
> different pocket, it's still the same pair of pants. And then I
> would have to finance the lenses, etc. More "a lot of money."
It makes perfect sense to me.
I'd shoot all film if I had the money to do so. The reason I ordered the
5050 was to save money on film and film processing costs. I figure I can
shoot a lot of what I presently do, and also what I would like to do, but
don't because of the film and processing costs. But if I could shoot all I
wanted to on film, I don't think I would ever go to digital. Just trying to
study up on all the workings of the camera and related computer stuff makes
the film wonderbricks look simple in comparison. Frankly, I'd rather be
taking pictures with the OM's, than trying to learn the new digital stuff.
> And my major gripe about color, since I shoot almost exclusively
> slides, has been the delay in getting the film processed. Not
> anymore! I have found, six short miles and only 10-15 minutes
> away, a lab that does same-day E-6, both 35mm and 120. Good
> enough for me.
The lab I use is an hour drive away, but knowing that I am from that far
away, they always do my E6 processing in less than 3 hours, so that we can
do some shopping and take the slides home the same day. Nice service :-)
Wayne
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