Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Look, if the electronics have a *perceived* (and possibly actual) useful life of just 2-5 years before replacement/upgrade, then yes, we want plastic, cheap gone in 5 years Leica. What's the point of placing a few hundred $$ worth of electronics with a relatively short shelf life in a $2.5K body that will last 50 years? Just makes absolutely no sense. This does not apply to Leica film bodies, of course. Scott Christopher Williams wrote: [snip] >At least the RD-1 is a metal body. > >Do we what plastic, cheap, gone in 6 months Leica gear??? > >Chris > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Dory" >Subject: RE: [Leica] 3rd time a charm? > > > > >>Interesting that the serial numbers have not hit 2000 yet. Canon is >>rumored to produce in excess of 110,000 digital Rebels a month. I >>believe this perspective on relative production numbers put rangefinders >>in perspective, and why the Konica RF is gone. Pretty amazing that >>Leica is still in business at all with such low production. >> >>Don >>dorysrus@mindspring.com >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >