Originally posted by mee Do you really believe what you said?
Because the impression I get is, you think if one doesn't see the value in spending the extra money, they are poor. There is another option. It being if one doesn't see the value in spending the extra money, it is because they don't see the value in spending the extra money. Being rich or poor has nothing to do with that personal decision.
The only way it would actually come into effect is if they were living hand to mouth, spending all they had when they had it. But that is a terrible way to live when you have a choice (such as with buying hobby cameras). One bump in the road and they are selling their precious camera to pay their mortgage/rent/other bills.
As you said, for most here it is a question of how high do we price our 'wants.' If a commercial shooter was looking at this, they wouldn't even strongly question the price. They'd just buy because it is a business expense. Then again, how many full time photographers do we have actively posting on the forum? Most of us are full time in some other field.
I'm sorry if I caused offense, it wasn't intended.
For me, personally, there are many things that I am too "poor" to purchase, in that I have made other decisions with regard to my finances. Saving for retirement, college for my kids, and all sorts of things that come before material things. Maybe "poor" isn't the right word, since I could choose to ignore those things and buy some more expensive things that I want.
If my wife did not shoot professionally, I would probably make do with a K3. The fact that she makes money with her gear and feels like her wedding photography would improve with a full frame camera opened a door for us to purchase what is a very nice camera.
Is it over priced? I have no idea. It seems to offer a lot of similar features to the D810 for a lot less money and therefore seems like it is pretty reasonably priced, but not knowing the internal workings of Pentax and the cost of components, administrative and distribution costs, I really am not sure what the cost should be for a camera like this (understanding that this is a Pentax and will sell a tenth of the number of cameras that Nikon or Canon would sell with a similar model).