Why are Leica cameras so expensive?

Workers in Germany have higher wages. Because of fine workmanship and low efficiency.

Leica camera

The manufacture of Lycra camera fully demonstrates Germany's superb metalworking technology. Every plane, every button and every seam is perfect. This camera is small and light, but it is very durable. The vegetable aperture lens is the top lens of the same level as Carl Chase. She is good at faithfully reproducing the rich middle layers of the scenery, and the objects photographed in white have excellent texture. In a word, facing a disc card, you can regard it not as a photographic tool, but as a work of art handed down from generation to generation. Therefore, every kind of food card camera has a certain collection value.

Leica cameras have the best quality. Similarly, it also has an amazing price that ordinary fans can't afford, which also increases people's worship of the Lycra myth. Today, with the prevalence of AF, Lycra has no tendency to devote itself to AF, and is still slowly introducing temporary manual focusing products. I wonder how Leica will position itself in the increasingly competitive photographic equipment market in the future, so we will wait and see.

Title: What kind of fuselage is a good fuselage may be a philosophical question.

The legend of Lycra and the feel of Lycra have been rendered dreamy. However, the touch of a threaded camera is not scary. It's a pleasure to turn to Lycra's lens or fiddle with the film, but taking a good photo is the last word. Lycra is first and foremost an excellent camera.

Leica introduced M3 half a century ago, and its style has not changed since then, which is exactly what makes Leica stand out. Practice has proved that Lycra's design is forward-looking and has all the elements to become a classic. The aspect ratio of Lycra M fuselage is very close to the golden ratio. The ancient Greeks thought that the most beautiful aspect ratio in the world was 1: 0.6 18, and that of Lycra was 1: 0.58. Lycra's shape is simple, soft with rigidity, simple with elegance. Unlike some modern automatic cameras, simple things are often complicated, and some things are just a little effort. In order to save this, the camera is made very bulky, which not only improves the convenience of use, but also complicates the structure of the camera. Looking at the buttons covered with automatic cameras, even experienced photographers don't know where to start. In order to learn how to operate these buttons, they must read the instructions on page 100.

However, Lycra has nothing to be stingy with. "Minimize spare parts" makes Lycra really feel more than one point and less than one point. Anyone who has used the camera will not be confused when picking up the card.

The advantage of Lycra's simple and exquisite appearance in photography is that most people don't take your camera seriously, so you can take pictures calmly. The photographer envies you, which just satisfies your pride. My companion and I took a snapshot in the street. I use Leica M6 with 35mm lens, while my companion uses other professional SLR cameras and 80 ~ 200mm F2.8 zoom lens. I took a snapshot in front and the subject didn't respond. However, his companion caught up with him and just raised his camera, but the subject was alert and enviously said that this was a profession, so his companion had to put away his camera and leave.

It is reported that the manufacturing tolerance of Japanese cameras is three ten thousandths, while Leica is one ten thousandth. Just take a good look at the cracks in Leica's fuselage. Take M6 as an example, the fuselage consists of 104 parts, and each part is adjusted by skilled technicians. Unqualified products will never enter the next process. Every body of Leica is signed by technicians, which is a commitment to quality.