Indeed, but for the imaging industry there are only two potential clients: medical and welding. The hobby/educational/large masses market don't make the cut so

Indeed, but for the imaging industry there are only two potential clients: medical and welding. The hobby/educational/large masses market don't make the cut so to scale down the costs. The IT industry price ranges were also in the millions of dollars before people had a need to play Angry Birds on a device in their pocket