Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We're seeing that down here. Most of the reconstruction down here is courtesy of Mexico...Americans would rather not get that dirty or sweaty. Gives me an all new appreciation of American blue collar workers who ARE willing to show up and follow instructions. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:51 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus DSLR Jeffery, Ah, but it is not just manufacturing. We will all be the better off with more smart people coming up with another way of looking at the world. Mass communication, mass manufacturing, world wide standards, much better standard of living. Of course, if you live in the western world and do not have the capacity to become a creator, knowledge worker, and do not have interpersonal skills to interact with your peers then your life will be pretty miserable as the manufacturing jobs that require dedication, showing up, and the ability to follow instructions have all migrated to someplace else. I can see large swaths of the western world working the tourism market just as Bermuda does. They need some productive jobs for people who can not succeed in banking, communications, shipping, or insurance. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 3/18/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > China is making electric guitars better than they were made 40 years > ago and for about the same price as electric guitars 30 years ago. > Computer automated machine tool technology is a great equalizer these > days. For us, it means quality stuff at rock bottom prices. > Unfortunately, it also means that products made in the USA are just > too expensive to buy for their mediocre quality. > > You're right. The western world comes up with innovative products and > ideas, and the eastern world makes them better for the price than we > do. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Douglas Sharp > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 5:56 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus DSLR > > > If anyone is going to Photokina this year, take a look around the > Chinese booths - at the last show they were VERY impressive - I get > the impression that people are already starting to knock China just > like they did with Japan so many years ago, and we all know what > happened to the European camera industry.. The same will happen again > - Western (and eastern) industry and technology beware!! China starts > by copying or building to order - will improve quickly - put in their > own(and "borrowed") ideas, then they'll suddenly be better than the > rest. Things are happening very fast in China. What India has become > in the IT and services segment is where China is heading in > electronics and manufacturing. Douglas > > Joseph Low wrote: > > > Hi BD > > > > As I recall - Leica sent their crew to handle QC and the > >finished items were re qualified > > by Wetzlar - I do not think this is the case with China > >made cameras for the masses > > > > Further - the infrastructure support is also China based > > > > Joseph > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org > >[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf > >Of B. D. Colen > >Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:30 PM > >To: Leica Users Group > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus DSLR > > > >It means that it's less expensive for Olympus and other manufacturers > >to have some equipment manufactured in China, just as it was less > >expensive for Leica to manufacture some items in...gasp!...Portugal. > >:-) You haven't discovered some dark secret here, btw...Olympus > >announced this a year or two ago. ___ Sent with SnapperMail > >www.snappermail.com > > > >...... Original Message ....... > >On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:17:03 +0800 "Joseph Low" > ><joelct@singnet.com.sg> > >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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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