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Gratitude?, you bet, Im very greatfull ;-).
Willing to buy when they 1st start out?, well, ummm, no, I cant afford to take a risk and be a guinea pig, especially at the prices they expect early adopters will pay .
At this end of the market, with expensive, low volume, market leading technology, the path is strewn with total failures. All it takes is for one small critical design fault to at least render the price paid far too high, and indeed can render the product useless, or no better than what came before.
Then an un-upgradable new version appears that makes it magic, and the early adopters are left in the dust.
Thats why a support track record is critical. A small bug in a driver for instance, or no support in 3rd party apps that takes months or years for them to bother to supply/fix can cause endless grief and loss of valuable imaging time (given youve sold your old gear).
I agree, gearless direct drive is the future, absolutely, but thats not the point, the point is does it actually work on the night, and if it doesnt, how long will it take to fix ;-).
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