people on my discord talking about broadcast lenses, like the downright frightening 3' long box-shaped ones that cost $250,000 and have specs like like 8.2mm-1000mm f1.7 continuous. apparently, they need special tripod heads. apparently, these heads are very expensive.
now, i know more than the average bear. i understand how scale and yield work, and how niche markets are, and how the manufacturing of bespoke, precision articles can require surprisingly large amounts of money. but i was puzzled by this price tag.
"$20k. hm. $20k! that's quite a number. $20k. huh. i'm not exactly sure where they managed to fit $20k of work in here," i thought
it turns out that there was a piece of information i was lacking
boy fuckin large
