Why have cameras and lenses become so expensive?

‘Cameras and lenses are getting so expensive these days.’ It’s a sentiment I hear regularly expressed, so I thought I’d take a closer look at what’s going on, and why. And, as is so often the case, it’s not as simple as it first appears.

We looked at the launch prices of products in several categories, and corrected for inflation, to see how widespread any upward trend is in real terms.

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