Ah, well. I don't think Leica ever competed on cost and comparing the
cost to a less expensive camera does not make sense when you consider
that the camera is more expensive than almost any camera already.
Considering that a new one costs $5500, functional upgrades, bringing
everything else up to spec and a new camera warranty it does not seem
too bad percentage wise. The major cost seems to be the complete
disassembly of the camera.
The idea might inspire someone to design a truly modular camera that
would allow an owner to self-install them. People knew that Nikon was
playing with that idea before the F6 film camera was announced. The
idea then was to switch out the film module with a digital sensor
module. It was thought that the D2X and the F6 would be the same
camera, but with different modules. That is just a step away from
designing upgrades through modules.
With this initial step with the M3 maybe Leica will take the next step
with the R10.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On / February 4, 2008 CE, at 11:24 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> The upgrade is 1600 Euro for people in that part of the world
> according to
> several of the europeans on rangefinderforum.com who have read Leica's
> Germna website. No word on USA cost. 1600 Euro is an astonishing
> amount for
> that and more than an excellent d-SLR costs, just for a new shutter
> and lcd
> glass.
>
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