Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Goodnight, Gracie. At 08:10 PM 02/17/2005 -0800, you wrote: >mak@teleport.com offered: >Subject: Re: [Leica] How much does it cost to make an M4-P2 $499? body >thebuyout > > >>Great point and my point exactly >> >>could I live without a meter (yes) without AE (duh) without TTL flash (yes) >> >>If it offered significat cost savings an M4-2 or M4-P would be fine for >>me for 90% of my photos... >> >>The MP is $2500 because Leica thought they could get $2500 much the same >>hubris that Apple suffered from... >> >>Leica made money on every one of the 65,000 CLs that Minolta made for >>them...< > >Well let's see now, we have a count of one, yerself! Now you only have to >round-up probably 42.5 million more buyers to make it work! > >Sorry mate I feel yer beating yourself to death on this near dead, dying >outfit destined to crash and burn! > >ted