sinatraman wrote:
thank you. the point i was trying to make in a very clumsy way was that most of the cost for a dslr with or without video would be nearly the same. adding video didn't add to the mechanical equipment side of the camera. with or without video, a d-800 lets say will still have a mirror, lens mount ,sensor, af system metering system hot shoe etc. if you opened up a video dslr and put it next to the same model without video you couldn't tell them apart. not a computer person, so i bow to your expertise on how costly writing the firmware would be. my long winded point is you wouldn't save much money, and people would still spend the extra for all the bells and whistles. look at new cars there is a reason you can hardly find a stripped down basic sedan on the lot, people say they want em but wind up buying the loaded vehicle instead for just a little more.
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You're absolutely right. You have a great deal of trouble even buying a stick transmission (you young people, look it up) anymore. I get tired of all the gimcracks and gewgaws on modern cars anymore.