If Nikon and Canon want to start charging almost twice as much as what they used to cost they better start making it worthwhile. They have seemingly managed to abandoned the reasonably priced SLR market due to pressure from phones, understandable yet sad. A noticeable drop in quality control with a huge price increase makes for a crap combination, their unwillingness to address the issue just makes this more embarrassing.
Meanwhile my 10+ year old Nikon SLR is still fully functional, it cost A TENTH of what these clowns charge for bodies nowadays.