It is not all that cheap. You buy an SLR you get everything but the lens. You buy this you get the sensor and electronics. Everything else is an up. Need a viewfinder? A few more thousand is all it costs. Need a battery pack and charger? Add another few thousand. Get the idea? Probably a working system is in the $50K range which is not out of line with similar high-res video cameras. Then, as far as I know, they sell direct, no distributer and retailer profit in the price. So, not cheap, but not outrageous either.
P. J. Alling wrote: > I'll bet that with lenses support accessories memory etc you could hit > 100k pretty quickly. While the idea that most 35mm movie equipment may > be overpriced has struck me, the fact that this is so, so much less > expensive would give most purchasers pause, after all a digital still > camera is more expensive than the film equivalent, how can this be so > cheap? > > Brendan MacRae wrote: >> I believe the body alone is only around $18KUS. >> >> -Brendan >> --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> If you have to ask, you can't afford it. >>> >>> Charles Robinson wrote: >>> >>>> On Sep 20, 2007, at 7:00, mike wilson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> This operation was brought up some time ago. I >>>>> >>> asked than and ask >>> >>>>> now, "If they can buffer 24fps indefinitely, how >>>>> >>> come we are stuck >>> >>>>> with a measly dozen or so at maybe 2fps?" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Answer: Because no individual DSLR owner wants to >>>> >>> pay what it would >>> >>>> cost, nor carry what it would weigh! >>>> >>>> (That's my best guess anyways) >>>> >>>> I didn't read the article, but what does equipment >>>> >>> with that kind of >>> >>>> capabilities cost? >>>> >>>> -Charles >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Minneapolis, MN >>>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Remember, it’s pillage then burn. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who >> knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. >> http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
