Aaron Scheiner wrote:A price drop of this magnitude is not "inevitable".
hi aaron,
i personally don't own a camera yet, and i can feel your frustration and concern. really sorry you feel this way, but i have to agree that yes price drops are inevitable. at some point its bound to happen. and i say this because at the price they sell their cameras, they are probably not selling them for profit like canon. while they must make some profit, the profit margins are probably much higher on the post production products. selling their cameras as cheap as possible will leave more money in the budget for film makers to buy their post production stuff. since this is the model they've chosen, i'm betting their model is to make the cameras as inexpensive as humanly possible at all times.
so when you look at it that way, yes, it is inevitable that the price has to be driven down by this magnitude. thats why they give Da Vinci Resolve for free with each camera i believe. its so we'll be more convinced to purchase their non-camera products as well to work with it. think about it. ever wondered why they give Da Vinci Resolve away but the official color grading panel is big buck$? drive down camera prices and drive up their sales and they'll also make a butt ton of money selling racks and switchers and hyperdeck shuttles.
now i'm not saying this should make you ok with it, your concerns are real and i feel bad for you. but at the same time, i can't look at what i interpret to be their business model and say i didn't see this coming, or that several others of us should have as well