Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My guess is that the bulk of the manufacturing cost of a Leica is in the rangefinder, shutter mechanics and the mechanical precision of the film to lens register. The meter probably is <5% of the cost. Precision mechanics is still very expensive to make, electronics gets cheaper by the day. I would be prepared to bet that a M7 is much cheaper to make than a M6 and only is premium priced because it is the latest model and has a "new" feature AE. Frank On 18 Feb, 2005, at 01:21, mak@teleport.com wrote: > 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... > > > > From: Daniel ROCHA <daniel.rocha@free.fr> > Sent: Feb 17, 2005 5:15 PM > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] How much does it cost to make an M4-P2 $499? body > the buyout > > mak@teleport.com wrote: >> If Apple can come back from the dead, why not Leica? Where is the >> $499 Mini Mac Leica? > > Well... Will Leica make a Mini Leica _without_ viewfinder (no keyboard > on the Mini Mac) ? > > I hope not ! > > Buy an entire Leica M ! > > <> Daniel Rocha - Photographie <> > http://www.monochromatique.com > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >