NO - You and others keep forgetting repeatly that this IS NOT a simple cost reduction issue this is a KEY FEATURE removed for cost reduction. I doubt you could serious be talking about removing $0.03 cents in production cost of an item AND losing a key feature is ever viable unless you are selling something like a 99 cent retail price product which this is not.
Regarding the $5 part, I threw that number out as a rough part cost and later stated I thought it might add about $20 in the final product. It's a rought estimate based on the part and the overall complexity of the camera for $600. If you want to take shots at that fine, but its my honest opinion and its something no one else has provided even rough guesses on, its an estimate. This is based on how simple it is and how its been found in many very cheap cameras (under $200) in the recent past. Whats yours? If you think its way higher explain why please? jco -----Original Message----- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:10 AM To: PDML Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) On Sep 20, 2005, at 5:34 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > You don't need to be a camera engineer > to see that in the overall cost of designing > and building these cameras that this INCREDIBLY > simple and cheap part removal COULD NOT > result in any signifigant cost savings due > to the much more massive engineering costs required > for the rest of the camera and also the much > much higher overall parts costs. ... You asked me to respond directly to your statements so I suppose I will, just this once (again). In the design of a computer logic board intended to sell in total number of units far less than a camera body, I've been at the engineering meetings where three hours debate was spent on whether to go with one or another design based on the cost/benefits of saving $0.03 cents on component cost. You've said (repeatedly, ad nauseam) that this functionality could be achieved with a $5 part. To put a $5 part into the design without damn good reason from Marketing, Engineering and Support requires something like an act of god in the face of ultimate catastrophe. That is the reality of manufacturing decisions when it comes to mass produced devices today. You may disagree with that, but in doing so you demonstrate your lack of understanding of modern business. Godfrey
