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PetKal wrote:
What new can they possibly bring to the market which would allow me to take significantly better pictures an/or do it more easily ?
Books on composition and studies of style would be cool. 
Drag everyone from being gear fetishists 
dwweiche wrote:
I think there is a misconception that removing features to create "no frills" or "basic functionality" cameras means companies can sell cameras for less. I think it goes the other way. Here's an example.
Before video, DSLR's already had the hardware necessary to do video. They just needed the software. Once that is written, it is probably largely portable to all camera tiers. So in this instance, the camera manufacturers take current HW, add a SW feature, then charge more for the camera. That's how you add value to charge more.
So, removing features like video and charging less would negatively impact profit, because the camera manufactures can't 'take anything out' of the camera to make them cheaper to produce. It's "just" software at that point.
Know what I mean? I've had some Mai Tai's so maybe I wasn't as eloquent in print as I sounded in my mind 
Depends. I know that the T1i shoots at a slower frame rate than the 5D2 and can't record 1080p video faster than 20fps. This probably has a lot to do with the throughput in the camera, be it memory, processing power or the bus speed to handle file transfers. Upgrades in these realms could potentially cost a bit of money, depending on what is changed.
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