Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18
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Hmmm, the camera business sounds exactly like Hollywood.
"Titanic made 2 gazillion dollars, but we can't pay you,
because unfortunatly we have yet to see a penny from it."
feli
> 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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