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700 euros, oh my goodness! I would honestly expect it to be able to capture digital versions of the images too for that money.
by superchroma 3y ago
700 euros, oh my goodness!
I would honestly expect it to be able to capture digital versions of the images too for that money.
- armadsen 3y agoFuji has a couple Instax cameras that do that. They’re not as feature-filled as this camera, but they’re pretty cool.
- iancarroll 3y agoInterestingly it’s $599 USD or 699 EUR, wonder why it’s more expensive in Europe.
- mattlondon 3y agoThis often happens. Sometimes it is because all taxes are included in the non-US price. Other times it is just profiteering.
- pgeorgi 3y agoAlso the 2 years mandatory warranty that needs to be priced in.
- Foobar8568 3y agoVAT, Price in the US rarely includes it.
- pmontra 3y agoConversely, a digital camera that at a 700 Euro pricepoint also captures images on film? By the way, everybody have a digital instant camera in their pocket. It can also share them on the internet and send them to friends. It has unlimited poses and it can print to film if one really wants to. It can cost way more than 700 euros or less than 100.
- billfruit 3y agoFuji Instax Evo Mini does that at about 200$.
- billfruit 3y agoFujifilm Instax Evo Mini does that for less than 200$.
- manuelmagic 3y agoIMHO it's a feature that instant photography users are not interested at all.
- primordialsoup 3y agoIt's like someone asking for a gasoline version of Tesla.
- nntwozz 3y agoEverything old is new again, nostalgic for those old enough and exciting and hip for the (cool) kids who never knew Polaroid before digital.
- ricardobayes 3y agoYou could probably say the same about a certain brand of personal computer too. It costs an absolute fortune, then misses some of the basic features "computers do". Upgrade the RAM? No. "people don't want that". Play video games? Nah (or maybe). Have an all around dumbed down garbage UX that literally does things opposite "just because"? Yep.
- superchroma 3y agoI know but this is a huge amount of money for a niche product. I'm not sure they're equipped to run their business like Teenage Engineering or another niche thing targeting the very wealthy
- 0_____0 3y agoThey have a 'regular' one that's $120. Maybe this is the Teenage Engineering model.
- copperx 3y agoTeenage Engineering stuff seems completely impractical. Is that the appeal? Take the record player. It looks cool. But only plays 7" records. Through built in speakers. You can use external speaker, but through a 3.5mm plug? What's the use of something like that? Maybe the idea is to use it as decoration? I don't get it. All their products are like that.