Hi,
Malcolm Smith wrote:
Pat White wrote:
The MZ-S already has three of those four things. Twenty-five years ago, the LX was a great camera, but better cameras have been made since then. Would you want a brand-new 1980 Mercedes or Corvette (never mind the collector value)?
Actually, yes. I have a specialist dealer putting together a vehicle for me now that is no longer available. Should have it in 6 or so weeks.
If that's what I think (Land Rover?) then it is a better example than the other two mentioned. There is nothing as good in most ways as a LR for the job it does. Same for the LX. For both of them, minor tweaks would improve them but everyone wants different tweaks. If you put _all_ the tweaks on them, it would not be the same thing. Too heavy, too complicated. The best bit about both of them is the modular construction, so that the tweaks can be applied selectively. BUT.... this is an expensive method of construction; labour intensive and difficult to design properly. Therefore it is less profitable than it could be. Therefore it doesn't get done. In the beancounter manual, making less profit than you should is the same (or maybe worse) than making a loss.
The local brewery was making �6million a year nett profit. That was deemed unacceptable, so it was closed with the loss of 600 jobs. One more 6 and we would have had 666. I like to think a committee of 6 beancounters was responsible.
mike
