Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How about Monster cables? 0.1% of the cost or less? :-) On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > Cars, HiFi and so on have a manufacturing cost of around 10% of retail, > depending on where in the market. > FD > > On 20 Aug, 2011, at 00:24, Mark Kronquist wrote: > > > Way back in 1988 or 1989 there was a GUTSY MACWORLD OR MACUSER ARTICLE ON > WHAT IT REALLY COST TO MAKE A MACINTOSH SE which as I recall was the better > part of $2k at the time...the article said about $250... > > > > The gnomes in Solms are making a tidy profit at current prices.... > > > > > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > > > >> The M8 is not necessarily a lot cheaper to produce than an M9.... most > of > >> the metalwork is the same, the processor is half as cheap ( worth about > >> $30???) and the sensor is more expensive.. maybe an extra thou in resale > >> .... > >> > >> So an M8 would cost ..... about $4-5K. Not cheap enough. Must get rid > of > >> the RF/VF assembly, cut the metal down to plastic, and make it someplace > >> besides Europe. > >> > >> I would guess the market is looking for a $1500-2.5K M..... About what > an > >> M8 used is selling for.....needs a new design, made in Korea or Malaysia > or > >> some other Asian cheap location.... > >> > >> EVF? Yup. AF? Yup... although how you do this with 60 year old lenses > I > >> don't quite comprehend.....( See Contax AF from the past.....) > >> > >> > >> Frank Filippone > >> Red735i at earthlink.net > >> > >> Well, that's what I said but apparently it's a braindead idea according > to > >> Geoff's source at > >> > >> > >> : > >>> That's the definition of the M8......... > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]