Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Film register problems for everyone?!
From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:46:37 -0700 (PDT)

Casting IS better. The resulting chassis is stronger
tolerances are tighter and it happens to be cheaper.
That's why the entire industry went to casting both
die and low pressure by the end of the 30s. They
weren't just trying to save money. They were trying to
make better cameras.

- --- SthRosner@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/27/02 11:51:54 AM Eastern
> Daylight Time, dante@umich.edu 
> writes:
> 
> > Then they
> >  started die-casting and the party line became
> that die-casting was better
> 
> Real reason: it's cheaper. By a lot. 
> 
> Seth         LaK 9
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