Posted by Rick Merrill on 02/17/06 13:52

David McCall wrote:

> "need4speed" <nospam8@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:1140142820.244079.307280@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>>I saw a sony video camera for 100,000 USD which has 1080i HD mode and
>>other formats. called the The HDC910
>>
>>
>>what is the mechanism / technology in the camera that costs so much to
>>produce?
>>
>
> In a word; Quality
>

That's only part of the story: the price curve is a "hockey stick"
because the higher quality camcorders, being more expensive, sell fewer
and lower volumne means the price needs to be higher!


> Bigger/better chips
> Better signal processing
> More resolution (HDV cheats a lot :-)
> Less noise
> The ability to do most of the setup fine tuning from a remote position
> A camera plate that doesn't wobble
> Far better lenses that can be changed
> More weight (makes it more stable)
> Ability to gen-lock (cause multiple cameras and other devices to be in sync)
> Crisp black and white viewfinder so you can tell if you are in focus
> The ability to program "looks" and store them on a memory card
> It looks professional (you may laugh, but sometimes size does matter)
> Full manual control of everything (pros don't use "auto" for anything)

If they could sell 100x the number of units the price would come down.
What you CAN GET in a consumer camera would have been miraculous 10 yrs ago.

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