No doubt. I wouldn't argue the fact that the economics don't make sense. . . if you're a working pro or a semi-pro.
But for guys like me or say most of this list - $1500 USD is more than I can afford at this juncture - and I usually consider myself pretty easy going with my funds when it comes to photographic equipment. Cheers, Dave Original Message: ----------------- From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:23:33 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tough times in Rochester like i said a busy working pro can pay for a 1-Ds in a year to do commercial stock. a nickels and dimes one like me can still easily pay for a $1500 one in a year doing editorial stock. two good sales or a bunch of minor ones is all it takes. Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 09:17 Subject: Re: Tough times in Rochester > Yep.. but now Herb's said that it's a Canon 1Ds he's comparing things to so > you can now up the $1500 USD to $7000 USD - I was trying to stay in the > ballpark of reasonable consumer based DSLRs but I guess the Professional > full frame 11mp is needed. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .