Re: [photo-3d] Re: product lifespans (was different realists)

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rsage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> If the Realist were to make a come-back, what would you expect the
> cost to be? If it were made in the same manner by casting and
> machining the body from metal rather than injection molding a plastic
> body like everything else today? Of course it would be worth ever
> penny if it lasted 50+ years.
> 
> Buy the way, the most popular camera ever sold, the humble Argus C3
> went virtually unchanged from 1939-66. Why? Not because it was the
> greatest camera ever made, not because of it's styling (brick), but
> because it was a known performer and did what was expected of it.

How was it priced relative to competitors?  Being the cheapest around
is one thing that made the VW Bug so popular (as I remember it).  It also
was one of the few cars where every owner seemed to know how to drop
the engine (because the've done it a few times). :-)

Mike K.

> 
> Rod S.