[HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
- From: Tsun Tam <tsuntam@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:25:11 -0700 (PDT)
Amen,
Tsun with the converted 30mm Arsat lens.
--- On Sat, 10/11/08, Frank Filippone <red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Frank Filippone <red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 12:01 PM
> Jim, to be fair, you do live in the Techno-center of the
> world. I think
> that if I heard this from someone in Des Moines Iowa, it
> would have more
> impact as a universal market.
>
>
>
> And, OTOH, I could be wrong about who is buying these
> things.. it could be
> Joe Six-Pack..
>
>
>
> Imagine.. Disneyland with 10,000 Fathers using H3 39MP
> cameras.... It
> boggles the mind...the rest are using D3 and D700 and Mark
> somethings.
>
>
>
> I really think the market is tiny.. And limited to those
> amateurs with high
> disposable incomes and Pros.
>
>
>
> Frank Filippone
>
> red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> From: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
> Brick
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:58 AM
> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
>
>
>
> Funny thing is, my local photo shop (Keeble & Shuchat
> Photography) has
> trouble keeping D3's, D700's 1Ds Mark III's,
> 5D's, and now 5D Mark III's in
> stock. They run out of the store as fast as they can get
> them in. I their
> initial stock of 100 D700's were gone in two days. KSP
> also does a land
> office business in large format ink splatter printers.
> Someone other than
> photo pro's and lawyers are buying this stuff. And when
> Mary Mac worked
> there, KSP was the top MF digital back sales store west of
> the Rockies. In a
> year, the number of Imacon & Leaf backs that went out
> of KSP was mind
> boggling! I don't remember the number but it was huge.
>
>
>
> Again, there has to be a ton of folks buying this stuff -
> all of the time -
> or the companies who make them would not make them. The
> amount of R&D and
> production cost that goes into a new digital system (Hx,
> Canon, Nikon, Leaf,
> Sinar, ???), is staggering, and they must be recouping the
> cost, or, it
> wouldn't work.
>
>
>
> IMHO,
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> And just who do you think can afford a $5K to $8K camera
> body, other than
> pros that can write it off? A few rich amateurs? Very
> Few?
>
>
>
> Some of us have financial obligations. like house payments,
> car payments,
> medical payments or insurance payments, child support
> payments, or ( heaven
> forbid) alimony payments.
>
>
>
> The world really is NOT flush with disposable income
> magnates..much as the
> world marketing organizations want you to believe
> otherwise......
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