Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph, I also prefer to buy items made in Japan or Europe. But the reality of the modern world is that most electronic things (and indeed many other manufactured products) are made or assembled in China and other low-cost locations. The Ricoh GR Digital I just bought is also made in China, as I am sure is a large portion of the innards of the computer on which I am writing this message. Nathan Joseph Low wrote: > I was in Japan this week and took time off to recce local photo stores - > this was a large one near to Osaka train station > > I was surprised to note that one popular Olympus DSLR model was labelled > as Made In China > > I am aware of and know that a good range of Olympus P&S digital cameras > are made by an OEM factory in Indonesia > > What does this mean for traditional and trusted Japanese > quality? > > Joseph Low > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog