Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Monday, Nov 25, 2002, at 09:57 America/Los_Angeles, bdcolen wrote: > But where Leica is really outrageous is in the pricing of little > pieces of plastic...):-) Which manufacturer isn't? I remember some while back there was a web page dedicated to the Super Rare, High Tensile, Special Polymer that Nikon supposedly used in "plastic bits" -- the assumption being that, because of the high price, it couldn't possibly be normal plastic, but had to be some exotic kind. From another page (http://www.photo.net/ezshop/product?product_id=217 ) reviewing Nikon stuff: > This clever little device [ML-3] is probably among the most expensive > Nikon accessories for its size and weight (Dollars per gram), but it > does a lot. The transmitter is ~40g (without batteries), and the > receiver is ~52g. > > That's $1.75 to $2.00 per gram for the ML-3, depending where you buy > it! Many lenses range from $0.45 to $1.00 per gram. Even a used D1 > (~$1.50/g) is less per gram. Only a brand new D1H or D1X cost more per > gram (~4.00/gram). I know this is a funny way to look at it, but it is > scary nevertheless. M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html