Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jeez, Mark, things are expensive out there! > >The Ritz Camera just 5 minutes' walk from work does >two E6 runs every weekday, for $9 a roll. I've only >asked them to push a roll once, several years ago, and >I think there was a $3 or $4 surcharge.
I'll have to check Ritz, though there isn't one really close to me. Still, with a 1-stop push I'm looking at $13-14. >I usually use The Slideprinter in Denver, which >charges $7, and takes 7-10 days. I think I've used them in the past, but I really prefer to get this stuff done locally. >Tom Reese told me he is using Kodak mailers, at about $4 a roll. Good price indeed! But I'm pretty sure they won't do push processing. >With processing at The Slideprinter, and ordering film >from B&H, I'm paying $10 a roll. So, it would take >150 rolls (3 years at my normal shooting rate) to pay >for an istD. Sounds about right: $5.99 for E100VS at B&H and $4.00 for a mailer. I still hate mailing my stuff out. Besides the delay, it's another link in the chain... Of course, the shooting rate has a big impact on cost-effectiveness. At GFM I think I took about 400 shots. Next weekend for my Mid-Ohio gig I'll probably shoot 400-500 per day. >And then I'd have to use a #%*&ing computer to look at >the pix, instead of relaxing with my light box and >loupes! (uh-oh...I'm starting to sound like Tom! >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3536094) My $17.00 batch of slides is going through the Minolta Scan-Multi as I write this :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
