So guys, with worries of aftermarketvalue...

[Gunleik Groven]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-F35-Ci...rofessional_Video_Cameras&hash=item460bbd05e5

 

[jimhare]

Wow. Just wow. :shocked:

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Actually this is pretty much in sync with what I know Sony has dropped them off for for more than a year. Not with a public "price" but with directed offers...

 

[Kwan Khan]

Ufff'''

 

[Vadim Bobkovsky]

Provides much better picture quality than any RED camera out there, no wonder this camera was four times more than the best RED camera

Sure, brotha...

 

[Paul Ellington]

... Yup ... Bet on RED!

 

[Steve Sherrick]

In reality though, to put together a real rig with recorder, EVF, etc will run a minimum of $18k although even that is pretty amazing considering the original prices. But why buy one of these when you can get an F5?

 

[Mark K.]

That's a bargain right there. The F35 puts out beautiful images, plus with a modern, lightweight external recorder like a PIX, Hyperdeck or Gemini, you can actually get the camera running in a MUCH lighter setup than was possible back in the HDCAM SR tape days.

The digital age is brutal to 'old' equipment, but who ever thought you'd be able to get that kind of imaging capability for that kind of price? (the BT'd Red Ones were a similar wonder in that regard).

 

[Bob Gundu]

Macgregor bought too many. He has one for sale on DVXuser.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?300316-Sony-F35

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The current $8500-$9500 range for F35 bodies w/ PL mount will fall to half that again once the F55 starts shipping.

Such is the way with any advanced technology, computers, etc.. If you're buying it with "resale" value in mind, you're buying for the wrong reason(s).

 

[Marc Wielage]

The current $8500-$9500 range for F35 bodies w/ PL mount will fall to half that again once the F55 starts shipping. Such is the way with any advanced technology, computers, etc.. If you're buying it with "resale" value in mind, you're buying for the wrong reason(s).

I think what has happened is that the digital camera market has come to resemble the used computer market. I'm sure there's thousands of us here who bought fully-loaded computers for $5000-$6000, only to have them worth maybe a grand five years later. Crap happens. Most digital cameras are really just a computer with a lens on the front, so it'd figure that Moore's Law would dictate the cameras could lose 80% of their value in 5 years. It's not a Red problem: it's a technology problem.

At least generally, accessories like tripods, lenses, microphones, lights, and related gear tend to hold their value a lot longer.

 

[jimhare]

It does make you think about the "how good is good enough" aspect though.

I mean, if I didn't have an Epic and Scarlet I would have crawled over my own grandmother to get a BT Red One for $4k, get some affordable accessories and lenses and be shooting for $7k, which is not much more than my Canon XL-1 was a decade ago.

 

[Steve Sherrick]

I think what has happened is that the digital camera market has come to resemble the used computer market. I'm sure there's thousands of us here who bought fully-loaded computers for $5000-$6000, only to have them worth maybe a grand five years later. Crap happens. Most digital cameras are really just a computer with a lens on the front, so it'd figure that Moore's Law would dictate the cameras could lose 80% of their value in 5 years. It's not a Red problem: it's a technology problem.

At least generally accessories like tripods, lenses, microphones, lights, and related gear tend to hold their value a lot longer.

Although Mac Pros do seem to hold their value for a while. I've been poking around to see what I can buy a 2010 Mac Pro for and the prices are still fairly high, probably in large part because the 2012 machines were not a huge boost. But even the 2009s are holding their value fairly well.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

For those concerned with resale value, comparison with F55 will be a valid one.