Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The interesting part of all these made-in-Japan lenses for the Leica camera is that many years ago I was told the following, by an E. Leitz, Wetzlar employee. "The big profits are made on the lenses, not the cameras." It's something like Gillette selling the razors at a very low profit so that they can make the profits selling razor blades that fit the razor. I'll bet that many people in Solmes are very nervous about this. Afterall, they know just how many special edition cameras and lenses to make to sell out to the collectors, and make profits doing it. With competition, it's a whole new ballgame. Ed Meyers