Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/04

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Subject: [Leica] Re:3rd time a charm?
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Fri Mar 4 05:54:07 2005
References: <000a01c520b5$ca2244a0$6501a8c0@dorysrusp4>
 
A digital Rebel costs about $400 to build?? If that. Canon has the $$$ to
make everything.

Nikon set up a plant in Thailand just to build the D70, which I'm sure also
probably costs around $400.

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
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