I can see the benefit of designing and manufacturing a wide-angle lens specifically for APS-C sized sensors instead of full-frame sensors: you will get smaller, lighter, and cheaper lenses.
But is it really useful only for wide-angle lenses? For example, the Wikipedia page on Canon EF-S lenses w...
eh, the question about why a D700 costs so much. The camera market is plenty competitive for normal econ to apply, but somebody is basically saying that camera companies are just out to screw you
@rfusca Isn't that one way of looking at normal econ? That everyone acts selfishly and in their own best interest, which makes everything work out in the long run.
@rfusca Yeah, I hate that too. Economics these days is probably the largest driver of price...taxation, large import tariffs, government meddling, etc. are making it very difficult for manufacturing to get a leg up these days.
@cabbey Yes, I had noticed a Canon bias on that question, but since it wasn't explicitly stated, I thought maybe there should be some broader context of the rest of the camera market mentioned.
@Sean thats micro economics yes, but we're not talking about micro, its a macro thing. We're talking about groups of people and companies - they collectively act similar, but its not as though a company can just pick a price and say "screw the customer" - it just really doesn't work like that
if Canon wanted to sell their flagship camera for 5k but it really only costs 100 bucks to make it - Nikon would just lower their's to 4k and steal EVERY BIT OF THEIR BUSINESS
There is a balance between cost, supply, demand, and competitive price that equals a worth-while profit margin. Its a pretty narrow band, and while there is some wiggle room, there ain't a lot.
Which is one of the things that has me curious about the Digital MF market.
While I understand that manufacturing a larger sensor certainly costs more due to lower yield, I can't imagine the difference is enough to really, truly warrant a $40,000 price tag for the average digital MF camera.
I mean, Canon offers a FF camera, which is just over 1/4 the size of a full size MF sensor, for $2400.
accounting for the increased sensor cost due to low yield, and throwing in some extra cost for better electronics, more features, maybe brand name, and a little bit of a premium for it simply being a digital medium format
you might get up to $20k
but thats still half the average price for most MF cameras
@Sean possibly, but Nash is usually brought into the mix for games with some level of cooperation between players. I could be applied there, but I just think its unneeded. I don't think Nikon and Canon are colluding with each other (I really don't)
it does in an extremely basic sense though
@jrista regardless of sending it out or not, somebody is paying for it and its not a crowded market
@rfusca I don't think there is a requirement for explicit cooperation. Just being aware of the impacts their actions will have on the market and on each other can lead to a situation where a Nash equilibrium makes sense.
I may be wrong...but it seems that the vast majority of them are also lawyers, or ex judges, or someone who has been integrally related to the legal domain.
i wish there was somewhere in the world i could move to and just not have to deal with government, but still have all the amenities i want - like electricity, internet
@jrista That is capturing energy from radio waves (somebody is paying for the transmissions, just not you). The efficiency of wireless power systems is extremely low. There have been some recent attempts to improve it, but there is a very long way to go before it is viable for more that a few inches.
Sure, its not a high efficiency system in little one-offs like that.
My point came out of an unvoiced thought about still using my DSLR if our country ends up in financial collapse.
It might take a while, but there is no reason you couldn't transform the current you get like that to the right voltage and type to charge up camera batteries.
You could probably also create an array of collectors to generate enough electricity to run the lights in a house.
I"ll admit, if I was in a nasty mood, the beer shot would likely get a -1 from me too. none of them really were images I'd choose to see for the next week... none of them really speak to me. That's why I submitted my own.
@cabbey I generally downvote with wild abandon on the weekly picture threads, frankly. I figure that if I'm going to have to stare at something every damn time I come to the site for a whole week I'm going to do my best to make sure it isn't a picture that annoys me... and there always seem to be a bunch that annoy me.
@cabbey They don't seem to. I don't bother explaining my downvote (like I generally try to on the main site) because I tend to viscerally feel pretty harshly and not-even-a-little-bit rationally about the pictures that I don't like...
and "-1 'cause your picture makes me want to stab my eyes out with a rusty fork" just doesn't seem that constructive or helpful to the person who took the picture... :-)
@cabbey This is a common "gaming the system" technique on server fault and stack overflow. I guess if it gets the questions answered, I don't care. The "Enlightened" badge seems to encourage it, though. meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/20978/…
I've bought a Powershot sx20 half a year ago and I'm quite happy with it although I know it doesn't compare to a DSLR.
I've learning photography on my own: bought a 58mm ring and some filters (cpl, nd8, macro, star cross). I've got chdk to save in RAW so later with Photoshop I can reduce the no...
I was reading the recently released review of the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II over at The Digital Picture, and really liked the neat little tripod used for the example shots. The head is the Acratech GV2 Ballhead, but I can't figure out the legs.
Does anyone know what tripod this is? Do y...
April's Promise
We've had plenty of April's showers, here's hoping May lives up to the old adage.
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I've bought a Powershot sx20 half a year ago and I'm quite happy with it although I know it doesn't compare to a DSLR.
I've learning photography on my own: bought a 58mm ring and some filters (cpl, nd8, macro, star cross). I've got chdk to save in RAW so later with Photoshop I can reduce the no...
