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Would you pay more for 4k in the M5? If so, how much?

Started Nov 28, 2016 | Polls thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,074
Re: Would you pay more for 4k in the M5? If so, how much?
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Jonathan Brady wrote:

1 MK wrote:

fotophool wrote:

I can see this is beginning to become somewhat of an obsession with you.

So, just off hand, how much do you think each of the below features added to the final price of the new Panasonic G85?

16MP Four Thirds MOS sensor w/o optical low pass filter

  • 5-axis image stabilization with Dual I.S. 2
  • Splash/dust-proof body
  • Depth from Defocus AF
  • 2.36M-dot OLED EVF
  • 3-inch 1.04M-dot fully-articulating touchscreen LCD
  • 4K video / photo
  • Focus stacking and post focus

Again, just curious.

Still seems like Canon could have added a lot more to the M5 than they did.

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Isn't most of the money tied up in the sensor? Also, I keep hearing that DPAF is very expensive.

Smaller sensor + no DPAF = more budget for other features?

This. And also, profit margins vary from product to product within a company, and from one company to another. So does sales volume - which can impact the needed profit margin.

Who do you think has higher sales volume?  Canon will likely sell more 80d's than Panasonic's entire camera sales.  Yet Panasonic is able to develop a more fully featured and cheaper camera than the M5.

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