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> it’d be tough for someone to justify spending $30K on a single purpose camera I don't think hobbyists are the target market. Isn't that price in-line with an

> it’d be tough for someone to justify spending $30K on a single purpose camera I don't think hobbyists are the target market. Isn't that price in-line with any studio-quality camera? (I have no idea if this qualifies as a studio-quality camera, but I can imagine at least a few studios would be willing to try it out).

aeturnum 2y ago
Also, the most common scenario for this camera (and most pro-level production cameras) is that they are rented per-job. Eventually it would makes sense to buy one if you have enough work for that camera, but most people and productions start with rentals.
wodenokoto 2y ago
TV studio cameras can apparently reach nearly 10x this. Pro equipment can reach prices that seem unbelievable to prosumers. https://youtu.be/RkTaMyatsTo https://youtu.be/RkTaMyatsTo
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
  I remember a story about the Phantom Flex[0] High-Speed camera. It's an awesome camera, but note the absence of a price, on the Web site. I think it retails for around $80K. [0] https://www.phantomhighspeed.com/products/cameras/4kmedia/flex4k https://www.phantomhighspeed.com/products/cameras/4kmedia/fl...
- PaulHoule 2y ago
  I think how you couldn't really zoom a video in the 1970s short of printing it to film and doing optical tricks. By 1980 you started to see frame buffer effects in commercial TV and you could have zoomed but didn't have enough pixels to do much. In the digital age zooming video is completely routine and if you've got a picture with absurd megapixels you can do it in a big way.
haldean 2y ago
There are quite a few cine cameras that are more than 10x this amount, and there are a few that are 100x. For example, there are Panavision cameras that you can only rent direct from Panavision that require that you have half a million dollars of insurance coverage to rent. There are ARRIs that you can buy from B&H that are $100k. $30k is definitely in the range of something that individual DPs/operators could own, although it’s getting into rental territory for lots of people.

aeturnum 2y ago

Also, the most common scenario for this camera (and most pro-level production cameras) is that they are rented per-job. Eventually it would makes sense to buy one if you have enough work for that camera, but most people and productions start with rentals.

wodenokoto 2y ago

TV studio cameras can apparently reach nearly 10x this. Pro equipment can reach prices that seem unbelievable to prosumers. https://youtu.be/RkTaMyatsTo https://youtu.be/RkTaMyatsTo

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
I remember a story about the Phantom Flex[0] High-Speed camera. It's an awesome camera, but note the absence of a price, on the Web site. I think it retails for around $80K. [0] https://www.phantomhighspeed.com/products/cameras/4kmedia/flex4k https://www.phantomhighspeed.com/products/cameras/4kmedia/fl...
PaulHoule 2y ago
I think how you couldn't really zoom a video in the 1970s short of printing it to film and doing optical tricks. By 1980 you started to see frame buffer effects in commercial TV and you could have zoomed but didn't have enough pixels to do much. In the digital age zooming video is completely routine and if you've got a picture with absurd megapixels you can do it in a big way.

haldean 2y ago

There are quite a few cine cameras that are more than 10x this amount, and there are a few that are 100x. For example, there are Panavision cameras that you can only rent direct from Panavision that require that you have half a million dollars of insurance coverage to rent. There are ARRIs that you can buy from B&H that are $100k. $30k is definitely in the range of something that individual DPs/operators could own, although it’s getting into rental territory for lots of people.