Originally Posted by Rochard

There was once a time when only a handful of photographers could produce Playboy quality photography. The cameras were way too expensive. That has since changed in the past few years; For less than $2k you can get a decent digital camera with a great flash.

Playboy's problem is it spends tens of thousands on a single shoot, whereas someone like FTV Girls takes a hot chick out to public location and just shoots. Big difference there.