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PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?

Started Jan 19, 2012 | Discussion thread

kevinschoenmakers

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Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?

In reply to zkoliveira, Jan 19, 2012

Sensors are exponentially more expensive the larger they are. The sensor in an iPhone costs probably less than a dollar, but a full-frame sensor goes for several hundred and a medium format sensor perhaps several thousand. The risk of mistakes grows exponentially the larger the sensor is, and thus so does the cost. Just the way it is.
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PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	zkoliveira	Jan 19, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Documensony	Jan 19, 2012
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Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Wheatfield	Jan 19, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Cideway	Jan 20, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Djouglee	Jan 21, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Gerry Winterbourne	Jan 21, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Djouglee	Jan 21, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Geoff_R	Jan 21, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	JacobSR	Jan 20, 2012
It's not expensive, at all...	Joseph S Wisniewski	Jan 20, 2012
Re: It's not expensive, at all...	Andreas Stuebs	Jan 20, 2012
Re: It's not expensive, at all...	LFLee	Jan 20, 2012
Re: It's not expensive, at all...	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
Re: It's not expensive, at all...	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
"pleasure", all you need to say...	Joseph S Wisniewski	Jan 21, 2012
Thank you!	Joseph S Wisniewski	Jan 21, 2012
Re: It's not expensive, at all...	mike703	Jan 20, 2012
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Re: It's not expensive, at all...	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
Thank you...	Joseph S Wisniewski	Jan 21, 2012
Re: It's not expensive, at all...	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	Ian J G	Jan 23, 2012
Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	MightyMike	Jan 19, 2012
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Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	kevinschoenmakers	Jan 19, 2012
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Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
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Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	chiane	Jan 20, 2012
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I am with Zkoliveria,	Ian Stuart Forsyth	Jan 20, 2012
Re: I am with Zkoliveria,	zkoliveira	Jan 20, 2012
Perfect argument from Ian.	Luis Fonseca	Jan 21, 2012
$1000 for a used 645N is way too much!	Tom__Brown	Jan 20, 2012
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Re: PENTAX 645D Why so expensive?	vorpalmaan	Jan 21, 2012
About $4,000 less expensive than competitors.	tigrebleu	Jan 21, 2012
Its not expensive	Franka T.L.	Jan 22, 2012
If an old DSLR beats a 67 Pentax a 645N has no chance vs the 645D	Joe Ogiba	Jan 23, 2012
Re: If an old DSLR beats a 67 Pentax a 645N has no chance vs the 645D	ogl	Feb 6, 2012
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Why is the Pentax 645D so cheap...	Joseph S Wisniewski	Feb 7, 2012

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