However, a German manufacturer has produced a view camera that folds up small enough to fit into an attache case. Convenience is very expensive. If you have no need to carry a view camera in your attache case, you can get the same photographic results for a fraction of that price. For some kinds of pictures, you can get better results with a Speed Graphic. Someone with big bucks can afford some very expensive photographic equipment that may not produce as good results as cheaper equipment bought by someone knowledgeable.
Economists call such valuable knowledge human capital.
Experienced photographers should not find that hard to understand, even if they never took a course in economics. Incidentally, human capital is not always acquired in school, any more than a knowledge of photography is.