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/>
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