05-24-2012, 12:18 PM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1337858790' post='18481']
Talking about prices.... The Olympus 75mm f1.8 $900. Also kinda steep[/quote]
Tend to agree. The 12mm M.Zuiko with a street price above 600 Euro is also hard to digest. One may even extend these considerations to the MFT cam bodies. A MILC is basically a luxury compact cam without a lens (let´s take the EVF some MFT models provide out of the equation). Why are these things so expensive? The Oly E-P3 started above 800 Euro, now down to 600, which is still overpriced. The Pana GX1 started at 700 Euro, now down to just a bit more than 500, still way too expensive. A Pana GF5 is asking for 450 Euros, crazy. The material value and production costs of MILCs are probably better reflected by the current street price of a GF3 - 240 Euro!! Oly and Pana must enjoy very healthy profit margins these days...
Talking about prices.... The Olympus 75mm f1.8 $900. Also kinda steep[/quote]
Tend to agree. The 12mm M.Zuiko with a street price above 600 Euro is also hard to digest. One may even extend these considerations to the MFT cam bodies. A MILC is basically a luxury compact cam without a lens (let´s take the EVF some MFT models provide out of the equation). Why are these things so expensive? The Oly E-P3 started above 800 Euro, now down to 600, which is still overpriced. The Pana GX1 started at 700 Euro, now down to just a bit more than 500, still way too expensive. A Pana GF5 is asking for 450 Euros, crazy. The material value and production costs of MILCs are probably better reflected by the current street price of a GF3 - 240 Euro!! Oly and Pana must enjoy very healthy profit margins these days...