Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony 
Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> Claude writes:
> 
> > I paid off my Canon D-30 in two weeks. I shot 10,000
> > images with it and that would have been about $3,000
> > in film and processing alone...
> 
> That's one photo every thirty seconds, for two straight weeks, full-
time.
It was live national dance competition on stage by available light12 
hour days, and a new act about every 3 minutes, about 50 shots per 
act. There were others helping with the process, but I was the only 
shooter. The camera did get hot in my hands and I kept cycling 
through cards and battery recharges. All Jepegs.

> What exactly were you shooting that required 10,000 images?  And 
how long
> did it take you to sort through them to find the keepers?

The clients were sorting through them on several workstations. This 
type of work absolutely demanded digital capture. Also, picture 
packages were printed on dye sub printers.

> What it _would have been_ in film and processing is irrelevant 
unless you were actually shooting the same number of pictures on film 
before you went digital.

That is precisely my point. This job would have been impossible (for 
me) without digital capture. What it would have been in film is 
precisely relevant when on is making a comparison on cost 
justification. Assuming I could have processed the film and presented 
on Tamron Photovixes within 30 minutes of the shoot, the cost would 
have been the price of the camera body. EXACTLY my point and totally 
relevant. There are markets where film just simply cannot go and 
there are markets where digital capture simply cannot go. Landscapes 
is one that is better served with LF film, especially B&W.
> 
> > ... except the market application demanded immediate
> > printing and/or the sale of a CD with JPEGS on it.
> 
> Ten thousand images is a lot of CDs.

True, but not THAT many. Not when they are 1.3 Meg Jepegs. Had I 
booked all the acts, I could have shot 40,000, but I pre-booked 
rather do it on speculation. I really needed the Canon Eos 1d for 
that Job but it didn't come out until about 6 months later, and even 
then, there was a waiting list. I got by with what I had but I know I 
missed a lot of split second shots where I hit the trigger at the 
right time, but the camera refused to fire. The timing of those 
events requires anticipation. It's harder than it looks, but I 
digress.............

Claude