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Originally posted by bauhaus
For the guys that shoot full time here...what do you think about negative scanners? only real downside is waiting to develop the film to see the results...but at $1500 it keeps initial costs down and allows anyone with any camera to shoot for you?
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WTF are you talking about
: "keeps initial costs down"? You can buy the camera I use (actually, I have several closely related cameras: same or similar controls, menu structure, and storage media): the C-xxxx line from Olympus (I currently have a C-3000, a C-3040, and a C-4040). I also use the off-camera flash bar option. A camera, extension flash bar, flashhead, and four 64Mb memory cards would certainly run you well under $1500 (probably $900-$1200 depending on which camera you buy...and a low-end model would do me just as well as the current top of the line for these similar models, the C-4040). AND no more film costs, film processing costs, storage costs, scanning costs (if you pay someone to do it for you). Analog cameras are for people who really need them (e.g., magazine photographers, where you will find it hard to sell anything that isn't on traditional analog film...and even then it will almost certainly have to be reversal film, not negative film). Shooting for the web, digital is really the only way to go.
Do you agree Aaron?