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amacal1 wrote:
Feels that way, but inflation the last year or two has been a real mindjob on how prices should feel versus how they are.
Using an inflation calculator, the cumulative rate of inflation from 2019 to 2022 is 16%. That means this $800 camera should cost $930 in 2022 money, which, it does. Basically, this is priced exactly right based on what feels like the last time prices were sane. It's just that the value of your money went ahead and took a nosedive.
My main issue with the pricing is the sensor in the R10 isn't commensurate with its price point. At the $1k price point the sensors in cameras competing with it are a good bit better. My second issue is lack of IBIS in a $1k APS-C camera. Some of this is offset by its very good AF but it isn't enough to overcome the aging sensor and lack of IBIS, IMO. The X-S10 is a direct competitor to it at $999 and has IBIS, the X-T4's 26mp BSI fast readout sensor, much less rolling shutter effects, very good 4k video with 1080p @ 240 fps and the X-S10 has very decent AF. Then there is the Fuji APS-C lens catalog that is second to none. I think the R10's price will drop some before long because of the things I mentioned. It just can't support its price point on its AF alone and the shallow buffer minimizes the effectiveness of its fast frame rates. Also the rolling shutter is so bad that it nullifies the use of the R10's ES in many use cases where the X-S10 doesn't have nearly the same level of issues in this regard.
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