Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/28

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Subject: [Leica] where oh where is the DMR?
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue Jun 28 21:07:37 2005
References: <000501c57c33$c1fc2230$d6009c45@corp.nortel.com>
 
Hi Vic,
I am not sure the actual design is hard but designing a good one that  
is inexpensive to manufacture probably is. The M3 was more expensive  
than the M2 mainly because of its more elaborate and accurate  
rangefinder, not the film counter! I do not believe they standardised  
on the cheaper one because it was more popular - nearly twice as many  
M3s sold than M2s, but because it reduced costs. I would still bet it  
costs many times as much to make as the Cosina one.
Frank

On 28 Jun, 2005, at 23:50, Vick Ko wrote:

> And I'm sure Epson and Cosina are smart companis - if they can't  
> design
> a good cost-effective RF with all their genius, then it must be hard.
In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] where oh where is the DMR?)