Shel, consider the ZX-M. Not an exensive camera. I've used it, and purchased it. It has the bits you mentioned. It's actually kinda sweet.
Shel Belinkoff wrote: >Yes, I understand that, but I wonder of JCO grasps the concept. I knew a >number of people in the automotive business many years back, and they'd >watch every penny, literally. One cent spread over the cost of more than a >million units adds up quickly enough. Listening to these guys discuss >costs was an amazing experience. One conversation centered about spacing >bolt holes on a panel to see if they could get by with four instead of five >bolts. Not only did they consider the cost of the additional bolt (which >seemed trivial until one multiplied by the estimated number of units >needed), but they factored in the time to install that one bolt during >manufacture, and the cost of adding the fifth hole. > >John Celio pointed out that the mechanism is more complicated than some may >realize, and while the actual cost of parts may be trivial, the cost of the >steps needed to include those parts also must be included, as you say. >Plus there's the time involved, and the possibility that there may be more >rejected items, and inventory and storage/shipping costs. The truth is, we >_don't_ know the true cost of including the item on contemporary DSLR >camera bodies. We're just not privy to that information. > >I think JCO, with his continued harping on the cost being $5.00 is just >blowing smoke. It's a number he pulled from the air, based on some >abstract calculation that he came up with. For all we know, including the >aperture simulator on contemporary cameras, especially after the design has >been set to not include the item, may cost more than the inclusion of shake >reduction. Are you listening, John. There's a lot more to the true cost >of an item than the small cost of materials. And just because the >peripheral costs may not have been very great on K-bodied cameras, those >numbers may be completely different for the DSLR. > >BTW, Leica found out about the cost of the need for precision manual >assembly, and their newer cameras were designed to eliminate as much of >that type of work as possible. > >Shel > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
