[Joseph Owens] "[Kent Kumpula] "I would pay a maximum of something like $3000 for the panel."
This is completely unrealistic. I doubt they could even be manufactured at this price point."
Perhaps it is, and in that case they need to go with the flow and lower the manufacturing cost or raise the "useability" or thee panels they want to sell. Like let say... making them compatible with other softwares byt, for example, making a software for mapping all the buttons to different functions.
If we compare the Resolve panels to the Tangent Devices Element found here:
http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/5810/introducing-tangent-designs-element-... and then we compare the price: $3000-$3500 for the Element panel versus Resolve panel for €30000... the difference is huge.
If you need more buttons or knobs, add another button or knob panel and map the functions you need (at least in my dreams, I´m not sure how "mappeable" all the buttons are). For me, the four panel set is probably more than I need.
Will you be $26500 more productive with the Resolve panel? If you can, and if you can earn the pricedifference before the Resolve panel/software is outdated, good for you! I sure can´t make the calculations for the Resolvepanel to be a winner, I just can´t.
Add to that calculation that I would need three panels at least, and the price for the Resolve panels gets ridiculous in comparison to the price for the Element panels. And not being able to use the panels for anything else (like a future Adobe/Iridas update?) makes the Resolve panels much less compatible and useable.
