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Re: Would you pay more for 4k in the M5? If so, how much?
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whakapu wrote:
Panasonic also sell 4K TVs. Sony sell 4K Tvs, monitors, high performance laptops etc. Canon don't. Panasony can afford to forego some profit on a $1000 camera body that helps them shift a $4000 TV, a $1000 monitor, a $3,000 computer, some storage media etc etc.
Nice armchair theory. Except for the fact that Panasonic doesn't even sell TV's in the USA anymore. Also, where are you shopping for 4k TVs? Best Buy has a 65" 4k Sony listed for $999. The 65" 1080p Sony is..... wait for it..... also $999.
Your little theory also does nothing to explain why most new smartphones now shoot 4k video, including those from Apple, who doesn't make TV's.
Canon can't. They have to turn a profit on the cameras and lenses and the results of this little survey tend to suggest they know their market.
Really? Over one third of the people taking this poll say they want 4k, and over 20% would pay extra money for the feature. That is a much higher response rate than you would likely find for other features people request like intervalometer, wireless flash, and GPS tagging. The general public knows what 4k is, but probably can't even spell intervalometer, let alone describe it.
Furthermore, Canon should be implementing 4k on ALL of their cameras. By spreading those development costs over every camera Canon sells, the financial impact on the end user should be basically nothing. It isn't just the M5, the G7x II should have had 4k, the 80D should have had 4k.
A new G7x is likely a year away. A replacement for the 80D is at least two years away. How long until the M5 gets updated or superseded by a higher end model? How outdated are these cameras without 4k going to look in the future before they get replaced? Canon may be able to squeak by without a decent 4k solution this year, but they are going to get hammered a year from now if things don't change. 4k is coming and it is coming fast. This holiday season is likely going to be the tipping point for adoption.