Good point about digital costs all being up front, but I stiil don’t think it’s possible to compare like for like. I’ve got a 3 megapixel 2.8 x zoom digital, which I do find useful.
But what would the equivalent of my Olympus OM-2N SLR cost in digital? If I don’t count the spare bodies, the camera and a couple of lenses new, second-hand motor drive, two dedicated flashes and five lenses stands me in just under 700 quid. Admittedly I bought carefully and not from dealers but I suspect the prices wouldn’t be close.
I know the latest Olympus digi 5 megapixel SLR was announced a couple of months ago in the States at $2200, body only. I understand, (from reading it somewhere, no experience or proof), that for film quality 11 megapixels is needed.
Snapper made a good point about re-archiving too. It’s been said recently that CD-R isn’t going to last indefinitely as we were told. I know I’ve scrapped a load in the last few years through leaving them where daylight could get at them and fade them. That’s my fault but it seems even if you put them away and keep them in the dark there’s no guarantee how long they’ll last.
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