[Lee Menningen] "The very idea of $40,000 video camera's is insane!"
A little bit of history easily puts that notion into perspective.
Here's a workhorse from the golden age of TV, the Norelco PC-60:
The ballpark price tag for it and its kin: $80,000. In 1960's dollars. Lens included. Think well into six figures for the same camera into today's dollars.
Today's cameras are dirt-cheap by comparison.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA