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<blockquote data-quote="fotojack" data-source="post: 77013" data-attributes="member: 16">Yeah...$20 grand plus.....and the industry pundits keep saying that sensor technology has really reduced the cost of producing these sensors! Right! Why are they so insanely expensive then? It's like with anything &quot;new&quot;! What does todays &quot;new&quot; model camera do that last years model doesn't do? Nothing! They both take pictures. It's because of all the bells and whistles that the &quot;newer&quot; models come with that they jack up the prices. Take for example the latest, the D600. Why did they have to put HDMI video in there? It's not really needed, is it? It's a still photography camera, not a video camera! There are other full frame models that have video.....why not leave it at that? How many people who bought D800's are really gong to make full use of video? I contend that they don't particularly care it comes with video in the first place! It's part of the package, so oh well...it's there, but I don't have to use it! A total waste, in my opinion! But it certainly cost more to produce and therefor you are charged more for it.I can go on and on about this, but I'm sure you get my point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fotojack, post: 77013, member: 16"] Yeah...$20 grand plus.....and the industry pundits keep saying that sensor technology has really reduced the cost of producing these sensors! Right! Why are they so insanely expensive then? It's like with anything "new"! What does todays "new" model camera do that last years model doesn't do? Nothing! They both take pictures. It's because of all the bells and whistles that the "newer" models come with that they jack up the prices. Take for example the latest, the D600. Why did they have to put HDMI video in there? It's not really needed, is it? It's a still photography camera, not a video camera! There are other full frame models that have video.....why not leave it at that? How many people who bought D800's are really gong to make full use of video? I contend that they don't particularly care it comes with video in the first place! It's part of the package, so oh well...it's there, but I don't have to use it! A total waste, in my opinion! But it certainly cost more to produce and therefor you are charged more for it. I can go on and on about this, but I'm sure you get my point. [/QUOTE]

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