Originally posted by fuent104 How do we know Blackmagic Design's profit margins are? And, again, they had to do everything from scratch, literally.
Their magins are probably quite high, as they selling a camera with a sensor less than a 1/3 of the size of an FF sensor for $2000. To save R&D cost they use existing mounts, so they did not have to design large part of the system from scratch. And they do not need to design lenses.
So they have much higher profit margin than if Ricoh would sell a much more complex camera design with much more expensive parts inside for half that price.
Quote: 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.
The problem is that almost every enthusiast have their own unique demands on the camera, so they either release 10000 different models so all user can get their own custom made camera with only the features they want, or the they design one camera that covers as many uses requirements as possible, and can be released at a reasonable price. Most users will never use all features in the camera, but that is normally not a problem as long as the features can be disabled.
Edit: I believe the first Pentax FF DSLR will be a high specification model, with lower specified model coming later on.
Last edited by Fogel70; 06-14-2015 at 01:11 AM.