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Jochenb wrote:
Can't someone say "overpriced" purely based on what a camera is technically?
No, because there is no such thing as a price based on features. It's the market that accepts or rejects the price. Do we know what the market thinks? Well, yes we do actually. We have ebay, which has the closest thing to real market values.*
Alright, so how much do B&H and other official resellers charge for an M9? $6,995. How much do they go for on ebay? There are seven new (gray) M9s for sale with the average price of $7,607. That would indicate that the M9 is about $600 underpriced, at least on the US market.
What about a Canon 7D body for instance? B&H: $1375 Ebay average: $1310. So it's slightly overpriced. What about a NEX 5N? About $90 overpriced. A D3X? About $2,000 underpriced (!).
As for price/feature - it's a pointless metric as there is no way of independently measuring each feature. In terms of number of features any cheap P&S will significantly outdo any of the more professional cameras.
The M9 is expensive as digital cameras go, yes, but not overpriced as people are willing to pay more than the list price.
* = That's not quite true as ebay is international and the sellers take advantage of the fact that the products are not available in some parts of the world. Still, it's a decent approximation of the true market value - much closer than the list prices.
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