Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/19

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Subject: [Leica] Leica finances
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:24:25 -0700
References: <CACcosUPo0WhoBUOVBBtapVe7bPKQywwu8gKQ6CH1cj2wRC2ONg@mail.gmail.com> <738684F2-4C6B-42D2-8070-430043CD6754@steveunsworth.co.uk> <CAF8hL-GMQq9i7ud5QYgSQpfgRdKOyRQK5NPKbrJHHrPKuYt+gw@mail.gmail.com> <012a01cc5e9d$35ea84a0$a1bf8de0$@earthlink.net> <CAF8hL-EGQ1R2Y6WmSM_PdMhgDzasesc1Joaz6Cu6dLJ2OnRmUw@mail.gmail.com> <003701cc5ec6$a03d9df0$e0b8d9d0$@earthlink.net>

Way back in 1988 or 1989 there was a GUTSY MACWORLD OR MACUSER ARTICLE ON 
WHAT IT REALLY COST TO MAKE A MACINTOSH SE which as I recall was the better 
part of $2k at the time...the article said about $250...

The gnomes in Solms are making a tidy profit at current prices....


On Aug 19, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> The M8 is not necessarily a lot cheaper to produce than an M9.... most of
> the metalwork is the same, the processor is half as cheap ( worth about
> $30???) and the sensor is more expensive.. maybe an extra thou in resale
> ....   
> 
> So an M8 would cost ..... about $4-5K.  Not cheap enough.  Must get rid of
> the RF/VF assembly, cut the metal down to plastic, and make it someplace
> besides Europe.
> 
> I would guess the market is looking for a $1500-2.5K  M.....  About what an
> M8 used is selling for.....needs a new design, made in Korea or Malaysia or
> some other Asian cheap location....
> 
> EVF?  Yup.  AF?  Yup... although how you do this with 60 year old lenses I
> don't quite comprehend.....( See Contax AF from the past.....)
> 
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> Well, that's what I said but apparently it's a braindead idea according to
> Geoff's source at
> 
> 
> :
>> That's the definition of the M8.........
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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