Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm waiting for the day that I can plug in a modified rat brain into my camera. Silicon chips may come and go, but rats we'll always have. When it wears out I can unplug it, toss it, R&R with a new one. The R in reflex will soon have a clearer meaning. Slobodan Dimitrov Austin Franklin wrote: > > > As to the electronics, Leica is making their own circuit boards in > > Portugal. So having parts should not be a problem. > > Sal, > > There is a huge difference between ASSEMBLING a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) > and the components that go on the board. Leica does not make the > components. The obsolete component issue is a huge one with electronics. > The Contax RX, which has digital focus indication, had to be discontinued > due to the unavailability of the focus indicator sensors by the > manufacturer, and as I've said, sensors like this cost a LOT more to make > than a single gear, because they can not be made in "onesies". > > Regards, > > Austin > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html