Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nikon et al charge around $200 for a 50F1.4 lens. Leica gets $2000. Why? Because we, the public, are willing to spend it for Leica optics. Using that same logic, and a bit of a stretch on the whereabouts of the lens construction, this new digital camera should sell for $2K. It's all about marketing, not facts. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html