Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]V8PWR@aol.com wrote: "Are you one of the buyers ? No problem to me . I am simply reflecting a personnal opinion . Again , I'm spelling it loud and clear , building such things is simply waste of time . I consider this camera as a key ring , nothing else . and I think that in the price of every other serious Leica stuff , we pay a small amount for such a charm ." No, nor am I likely to be. But these things sell at a profit, and don't use up precious manufacturing resources (since they're made in the Far East), so in all probability they're helping keep the price of Leica/Minox products *down* rather than the reverse. The same argument applies to the O-Series. Leica is short on R&D resources and over capacity in manufacturing (we hear) so what better product to make than a high margin item that needs zero R&D and uses up spare manufacturing capacity? - -- David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk