The guy spent $50k on equipment to make these photos. Sorry iPhone/Android users. Pro photo equipment IS expensive. No matter how many terapixels your piece of shit, made in China pocket device is claimed to have, the true pro equipment takes a mortgage to have. And muscles to carry. High quality glass is heavy. And expensive (did I already said that?) to manufacture.

It's all still made in Japan. Every little thing on it is.

And that's a price to pay for top quality.

And so - his response is reasonable.