>Wrote Winsor Crosby:
>>The price for Leicas and Leitz lenses has less to do with cost and normal
>>markup and more with the pricing of fur coats and high end audio--the more
>>expensive, the more desirable it is.
>
>To some extent, yes. But above all, it has to do with volume. Designing a
>lens or camera, and putting it into production, costs the same no matter if
>you will sell a million or 500. But that overhead has to be carried by fewer
>pieces. Thus, low volume items will always be more costly
>
>
>Hälsningar/Regards
>Lars Bergquist
>Timberwolf Type, the independent
>specialist in text typefaces - visit me at
><http://www.timberwolf.a.se/>
>
I would agree with you, but I remember when Leitz rebadged a $250 Minolta
slr and sold it for $1200 as a Leicaflex. They did that for at least a
couple of generations of the camera.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|