Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>From what I heard, the company's income results from the lenses and not >from the bodies. That's the reason, the bodies are "relatively" less >expensive, and the lens prizes pretty high. > >Would you, please, comment the second statement. Is it becasue they break, >or becuase speed has increased in new developments ? Economic results will tell another story. In three years from 1993 - 1996 the M bodies sold 9322, 11208 and 10171 bodies, the lenses resp 18009, 19170 and 21186. The average body price was 3400DM and for the lenses 1600DM. On the topic of generations I was of course referring to the development cycle, not the longevity of the lenses itself. Erwin www.imx.nl www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/leicahome.html