Comments on: Canon EOS-1D X official: $6.8k 18MP DSLR due March 2012

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Your argument would be sound if these were designed from the ground up every time a new version comes out but for cannon that is not the case.

The EOS body has been around for a long time, the new features are what R&D had to come up with and it wasn’t like going from Polaroid to Full frame sensors overnight. They didn’t have to write the OS from scratch they simply changed the UI and added new features.

The EF lenses are still the same and there is nothing new there, not to mention that they are a separate product.

That leaves the CMOS sensor and what ever software changes they made.

The price of the CMOS is directly connected to the price of wafer printing technology, Most CMOS are built on 200mm wafers and the price of those have dropped by 10% in this year alone. Many and companies are moving to 300mm technology which lets them increase the number of CMOS they can print on that wafer. But you increase the number of CMOS sensors you can print on one wafer and if they slimed it down any they managed to lower the costs even further on a per sensor basis.

By: Coolkentg

Coolkentg — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:06:00 +0000

Invest in accounting books. Briefly, its not so much the hardware but the large amount of engineering hours to create something of this magnitude. Eventually the fixed costs per camera will be prorated enough to decrease the overall costs of individual cameras. This is why technology gadgets costs come down so the the mass market can afford the gadgets.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:36:00 +0000

Can’t wait to try this absolute beast out!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:21:00 +0000

only $6,800

Why does technology price of technology keep going up while the cost to make this stuff keeps going down. i bet that camera is like 800.00 in parts and labor, after all you can’t tell me there is a worker in china making the lense and body by hand.

By: Sahil Koul

Sahil Koul — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:38:00 +0000

Waiting for the Nikon equivalent now…..