Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/16

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Subject: [Leica] unboxing
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:50:17 +0000
References: <AANLkTi=-akJBASA8HTgLSdDPHeYwHKM+h8jthCS==2Wv@mail.gmail.com> <C980BE93.ABBC%mark@rabinergroup.com> <AANLkTi=9ZbmOR8RKnFtgGqkRJ44_1--tFo=PNL7tQVKH@mail.gmail.com>

Golf driver heads are trivial to manufacture, and made in substantial 
quantity, even if the R&D is higher (which I actually doubt, Golf kit has 
one of the most susceptible  bunch of buyers for a bit of pseudo-science ;-) 
In addition it is a competitive market with loads of people being able to 
make them. So they will be cheaper.
OTOH Leica is clearly making a big profit on these, and doing some image 
boosting with certain types of client. Nobody else has been daft enough to 
machine Ti cameras from solid so the price may well even reflect the cost... 
The Olympus and Nikon Ti parts being relatively inexpensive covers made from 
Ti sheet.
cheers,
Frank

On 16 Feb, 2011, at 04:48, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I buy golf clubs with their heads made out of titanium at a fraction
> of the price, where in all probability, far higher R&D costs have to
> be recovered
> Cheers
> Jayanand



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