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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 30m limit is due to some taxes or regulations on "video cameras", right? Edit: Yup. https://petapixel.com/2012/05/21/30-minute

• koolba 6y ago
  Reminds me of those light trucks that get ripped apart to create passenger cars. EDIT: I had it backwards. The tax is on trucks and it gets circumvented by importing them as passenger cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
  • triangleman 6y ago
    Nah, light trucks are in a whole other category (or exempt, I don't know) in "CAFE" standards, so that's why you see so many SUV's in America.
• Ductapemaster 6y ago
  That's a really interesting piece of knowledge — thank you for sharing!
• fomine3 6y ago
  Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and EU had signed that abolishes the video camera tax. Most camera brands are in Japan but I don't know how many cameras made in Japan. This Japanese article describing the agreement especially for cameras. I can't find English articles like this. https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/series/zooma/1171774.html https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/series/zooma/1171774.htm... This is the original agreement text that's too long didn't read. https://www.mofa.go.jp/ecm/ie/page4e_000875.html https://www.mofa.go.jp/ecm/ie/page4e_000875.html