Originally posted by Fogel70 It can be done on a small professional niche market where profit margins are high. Pentax has done that in the medium format segment.
But to do the same in a low profit margin market like consumer camera market is much more difficult.
How do we know Blackmagic Design's profit margins are? And, again, they had to do everything from scratch, literally.
I think there are there enthusiast photographers than the are professional filmmakers.
I literally don't need a million frames per second (or even five), blazing autofocus or 42 MP, and the buffer to go with it. I just want great ergonomics, great dynamic range, a 24x36 sensor, and a K mount.