Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] outsourcing components
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:40:07 -0700

"B. D. Colen" wrote:
> 
> Buying parts off the shelf and then assembling the parts rather than
> actually
> making the parts does not make the assembler a manufacturer.  It makes that
> company an assembler.
> 
> ----
> Fine.
> Leica ASSEMBLES one hell of a camera.

Assembly is required! maybe they could charge a lot less for an M6 if they just
delivered a baggy filled with all the parts with little screw driver and a cute
little plastic hammer to put it all together. A nice weekend project. The
instructions? That's another thought. A large diagram?
Mark :-) Rabiner