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I am sure this is the direction it will head in and pretty much everyone except his most hardcore acolytes, will realise they have been royally presidentially, shafted. I've seen that movie and I would not bet against that becoming a reality, possibly even before this year is out. As Luke Skywalker once said, "I have a bad feeling about this..."

There is a path through this for Blackmagic and other camera manufacturers if this actually carries on which is to separate the hardware and the software elements of the camera. Instead of paying 104% on the value of the whole camera they can bring it in as a dumb unit and pay the tariff on the absolute minimum component cost. They can then establish a bare bones local US operation to put the firmware on after it leaves the docks and before it goes to dealers. They could then import the dumb camera at a value of $1000 (or less) and then control the price increase to a more palatable level of $1040 as the firmware will be a separate US derived product so tariff free instead of the end user having to swallow the $5000 on the whole product. There is precedent here of course with the way Panasonic and Sony etc offer software keys to make a product more powerful and this just takes it to it’s logical conclusion as you can’t get more powerful than actually doing anything at all ! On the upside for Trump this chicanery will create a job for someone local. Just the one of course but, still, a lot of winning there.

Yes, I understand. Tariffs are one thing; then, insane tariffs like 104% on China are something completely different. The only reason I mention Republicans is that he might listen to them as they could actually do something about his executive powers if he doesn't. Will they? I'm also not that sure, but I can tell you that the one thing US Citizens care most about is money- it's probably equal to God (arguably the even same thing for some). If we entertain the idea of 104% tariffs on cameras made in China (and significant tariffs elsewhere), the used market is going to skyrocket like nothing ever seen before. MPB, KEH, and individuals are going to make an absolute killing. China will probably have a field day. Europe will be somewhat unified and a new mecca for investment as perceived risk will be slightly mitigated. Once investors no longer view the USA as a safe place, their prestige will go down the tubes. The investment inertia could be catastrophic. POTUS and his buddies are in a very dangerous place right now as they think they cannot lose. Democrats simply have to wait for them to self destruct because they will at this rate. The big question is: will this current leadership pull the nation down with them? Possibly.

The main camera manufacturing countries just got slapped by Tango-man. China - 34% Vietnam - 46% Taiwan - 32% Japan - 24% Thailand - 36% Hope all the ones who voted for this enjoy their new electronics prices 👍

Stock market had a massive surge after most of the tariffs were paused. Imagine how much money you could make if you knew that would happen 30 minutes before it did. It's generally fascinating how much wealth is created or destroyed with no change in goods or services produced.

I think it’s only polite that you disclose your affiliation to the Jehovah’s Witnesses before posting blind links to their religious material. Unless it’s just a massive coincidence that your profile contact details on here link to their jw.org domain.

Yeah, it'll probably start with a police crack down but as BTM-Pix's photo shows there are many armed and dangerous, angry people. Hopefully it doesn't come to that and Republicans in congress etc start reigning in the power they have given Trump before it's too late. Trump literally couldn't give a shit about anything. He is living the narcissist's wet dream. I hope someone is helping him change his underwear every morning.

When it was dawning on the hard of thinking here that Brexit was a load of old bollocks they just doubled down on the delusion using their weapon of choice, the piss poor home made sign. The weapons of choice for Trump’s disciples when the penny drops might be a bit more problematic for him.

Agreed that the Republican party is unlikely, absent other factors, to do anything about the tariffs - but I just got linked to the smallbusiness subreddit today and if it's any indicator, small businesses (who tend overwhelmingly to be supporters of Republicans) are starting to melt down. One person was complaining that they'd ordered something like $3,500 in parts from China pre-tariff and they arrived yesterday. DHL gave them a bill for $2,500 in tariffs that would be due within 5 days or they'd send the parts back. Another thread asked if there would be any positive outcome from the tariffs for small businesses and the responses ranged from polite to scorching, none of them even remotely positive. Reddit isn't real life, of course, and I'm sure that a lot of business owners haven't been directly impacted yet, but give it a month or two and let's see. I guess the big question at this point is whether those same people are willing to accept martial law if it gets declared sometime in the next month, as people have pointed out that our glorious leader has been teeing up since the inauguration.

5 years ago I'd have agreed with you, but honestly today, right now, I don't think it's possible to predict how Republicans will react. I mean, this is the same party that rallied around a convicted felon who has spent the last decade trying to destroy people's trust in government and its institutions, and whom from all accounts was happy when his supporters stormed the capitol. They are so entrenched in the Trump cult, it's hard to imagine them going against him. I really do think it's about time people stop giving the Republican party the benefit of the doubt.

IMO, most of these tariffs are going to be dropped. There's no way Republicans are going to accept the consequences of them because they would be so severe- basically they're embargos with no replacement products available. China will eat them alive. For other countries, the smartest way forward is to simply ride the wave. The bad solution is to get suckered into a deal with him, empowering him and his brand of corruption. Temporarily close operations in the US. Start new trade partnerships ASAP to survive. Apparently, no one can beat him, except himself. As for the camera market, I think many will be ok with a few exceptions. All I can imagine is that (IF the tariffs remain) it will be status quo for 4 years. Investment will probably halt until it gets sorted out. Clearly, the USA is not the attractive market anymore as insanity is just a president away.

Sorry, my previous post wasn't meant for this thread. Laptop, then desktop, then confusion.

I would be all over that if it was an Belgian store. Allthough I saw one used for 5k a while back.

Think you mentioned the C500 II... on B&H Deal Zone today for $4999. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1633519-REG/canon_3794c002_eos_c500_mark_ii.html

They're not. Source: How dependent is France on Niger's uranium? It's 2025. Nearly everything is using globalized supply chains. Even local agriculture that produces food will use machinery, fertilizer, pesticides or something else from abroad. The ship for economic isolation has sailed, it's not the 19th century anymore. While I'm sure there are things that need to be fixed about the world economy (e.g., labor practices in developing countries, adherence to environmental standards, etc.), this current disaster is not how anything good will result. We truly live in the dumbest timeline.

The frustrating thing, as an American, is that lower income folks are among his most ardent supporters yet are the ones who will end up hurt the most by his heartless, cruel policies. I've said it on here before, I live in a mobile home. I made a choice to live as cheaply as I could, regardless of whether I could afford a nicer home or not, because I want to live a simple, affordable life. I own my mobile home outright, so I have no mortgage. I just pay a modest lot fee every month in the community I live in. My taxes property taxes are extremely low, and I live comfortably. A lot of folks here are lower income, though, and live here because it's what they could afford. They're decent, working class folks who struggle to make ends meet. A lot of them are on public assistance, like fuel assistance and food stamps. You want to know who most of them voted for, though? Based on the yard signs and flags, most folks here voted for Donald Trump. They voted for the man whose policies will hurt them the most. It'd be funny if it weren't so sad. It's a testament to the Democrats and their incompetence that twice they lost to a swindler and con man because they were unable to convince a majority of the electorate that the racist billionaire doesn't give a fuck about them.

I don't know it's educational system issue or purely political issue, but it should be clear for anyone with IQ above the "retarded" territory that the whole purpose of the trade, (even since thousands of years ago), is provide the best goods available in the world at cheapest possible price for "our" people. So even from a nationalist point of view, if my people get the best goods very cheap, my country wins. With tariffs, my fellow citizens get worse goods (because of less competition) at higher prices! Its completely opposite of the purpose of the trade. We're living in a timeline that Christians support billionaires who publicly despise the poor, and nationalists support the losing position for the nation.

Konica does not work on EF. I used it years ago with my EF-M. Seriously cool little lens, though. I understand why it has/had a bit of a cult following.