Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:44:07 -0700 Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com> wrote: > on 10/17/01 7:57 AM, Walter S Delesandri at walt@jove.acs.unt.edu > thoughtfully wrote: > > > Electronic cameras with the same features as an M6 would have FEWER parts... > > BUT no company (Leica?) would build such a thing... for example...no one asked > > for TTL flash on M cameras--which have added problems (flash compatibility and > > battery drain) that would have NEVER existed...WHEN there's an "electronic" M, > > you can bet that it WILL NOT just replace the speeds escapement in an M6... it > > would be an "M" shaped body LOADED with other useless shit. > > It does not have to be an "M" shaped body loaded with useless stuff though.\ Of course it doesn't HAVE to be!!!.... > > A digital "M" I may have misled you, I was talking about an electronically timed/controlled M--NOT digital....sorry.... > > I think the issue would be about how many different parts are required to > make an M4P and an M6. What's the overlap between the two. 100%....a late M4P >>IS<< an M6 with metering removed....it couldn't possibly cost more than a different box....It could be special ordered by dealers at $300 below the M6 and would HAVE to be profitable....I'll admit that FEW would choose it, but there ARE a large number of "traditionalists", and probably a large percentage of LEICANUTS fit the category....Imagine--a black-enamel M4P with a rapidwinder (which Leica should license from Tom A.)---for $1500-1800 US... You wouldn't be able to get enough of them!!! (I really don't > know the answer to this.) If having a very different parts inventory is > required then the costs can rise very quickly. NO DIFFERENT PARTS---100% overlap!!! > > Thanks for your thoughts Walter. I appreciated them. > > Adam > Likewise, Adam...perhaps this will generate an interesting thread...I may be completely off-base, but Leica >>>MUST<<< consider the "two tier" system now that Cosina/etc.. is a serious force to deal with...Leica should make the ASPH/current stuff, and a line of "older" lenses...just the basics (21/35/90) that are in the $500 range on the street...I've heard the cries that it "can't be done" for 20 years...take a look at Cosina...they put the 50s/early60s Leitz lenses to shame...and even the finish is up to par!!!...so much for the bullshit that it 'can't be done'. Best to U and URS< Walt in Denton - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html