With some accessories the manufacturers are a bit sloppy though.
I don't mind "paying for the brand", if the brand means something, ie a guarantee that the design is good and quality assurance is good, so you know if you buy a branded accessory you get good stuff and don't need to worry about sample variation, poor fit or bad design.
This is not always the case though. One example is the push-on lens caps that expand in warm weather until they fall off, and shrink in cold weather until they are difficult to remove, and I don't think that's really acceptable.
I have a Linhof-branded B&W outdoor case, ridicously priced because it says Linhof on it, and still the custom-made foam insert is wrongly cut so the camera does not really fit without forcing it it in. That's not good.
I don't like it when the only thing that happens with the company's brand stamped on the product is a raised price, and unfortunately it does happen for some accessories.
I don't mind "paying for the brand", if the brand means something, ie a guarantee that the design is good and quality assurance is good, so you know if you buy a branded accessory you get good stuff and don't need to worry about sample variation, poor fit or bad design.
This is not always the case though. One example is the push-on lens caps that expand in warm weather until they fall off, and shrink in cold weather until they are difficult to remove, and I don't think that's really acceptable.
I have a Linhof-branded B&W outdoor case, ridicously priced because it says Linhof on it, and still the custom-made foam insert is wrongly cut so the camera does not really fit without forcing it it in. That's not good.
I don't like it when the only thing that happens with the company's brand stamped on the product is a raised price, and unfortunately it does happen for some accessories.