Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: The anybody could do it cheaper thread
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:00:45 -0600

A pretty constant thread is the ridiculous price of Leica gear. Usually a
certain Leica lens price is contrasted with another manufacturer's price for
a similar lens. The last one was comparing 50/1.4s with Nikon at $265US
(SLR) and Leica at $1900US. This is not comparing apples with apples or even
another piece of fruit!

Nikon just built a copy of their old S4, which was one the cheapest models
available from them in the fifties, with a 50/1.4. They still had the old
tooling so there was very little in the way of development costs. It sells
for $6000US and Nikon says they are LOSING MONEY ON EVERY ONE!

John Collier

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