Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/19

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Critical test reports by CDI
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 21:01:13 -0400
 
> Based on what? When Nikon looked into doing a rangefinder, they discovered
> it would cost more than a Leica M6 to do. Why? Because Leica's been doing
> it for so many years, and the tools are amortized.
>
Now, yes. But suppose that Nikon had continued with the S line, rather than
drop it when the F caught on? And suppose that Zeiss had continued the
Contax, or that someone had taken it over....