Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bruce and others: Can there be so much metal in 35mm Summilux Aspheric (which costs $2500) that an expensive material would be out of the question. One thing can be sure, if Leica is making the decision based on saving pennies in materials costs, and trying to sell the finest lenses made, they are in deep trouble. Ask any photographer. I could keep my costs down in several ways: Buy cheaper equipment, use less expensive labs, cram more work into a single day, but I won't. I charge more than some other photographers for my services, and i'm justified in doing it because I deliver a better product. Part of that is not thinking twice about the price of my materials. Tom At 08:41 AM 9/20/98 -0400, you wrote: >Maybe your friend the machinist is talking about exotic steel alloys. >Titanium is certainly more costly than, say stainless steel. > >Bruce S. > > ================================== Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria