[Leica] Leica Prices may not be artificially high

[wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)]

Mark Rabiner wrote:

>And also also also  that not super high end glass they use is held together
>not by brass or aluminum but by plastic. Real nice plastic though. But
>plastic by any other name. its lighter! Just don't bump the lens against a
>door jam going through the doorway.

Plastics by whatever name can be remarkably tough and can bounce back where 
a metal would have permanently deformed.  Thermal expansion properties can 
also be managed such that the bits holding glass elements in place will 
expand and contract at the same rate as the glass.  Plastic isn't always 
cheap junk.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com