Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most complex modern products are actually made of parts from several countries. Leica is a good example, as are most cars. There are few secrets in quality control. It can, and is done well all over the world. People lke to think that things are better in their place in the world, but it is not necessarily so. Sincerely, Joe Stephenson - -----Original Message----- From: Shawn London <srlondon@yahoo.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 9:19 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Pan-x >B.D. Colen wrote: > >>If there is one thing wrong with this list, it is the >not infrequen >suggestion that things Japanese are not >top quality, while things >made in or for Germany are. > >This is absolutely true. I'm not sure if anyone remembers, but there >was a Mike Meyers skit on Saturday Night Live several years ago (the >comedy show in the US) in which he was the proprietor of a store >called "All Things Scottish". Whenever an unuspecting customer would >ask for some non-Scottish product, Mike Meyers (in thick Scottish >accent) would bellow "If it isn't Scottish, it's CRAP!" A similar >logic occasionally applies in the Leica community, but it is more >along the lines of "If it isn't German..." > >While automotive analogies often do not hold up with cameras, in terms >of the potential of Japanese manufacturing techniques, it is >interesting to look at JD Powers automotive quality results. Lexus >(167 problems per 100 cars) beat the pants off the Germans (Benz's 278 >and BMW's 319). There is more to a product than sheer quality, but >this illustrates that it is unreasonable to descriminate against a >product solely because of where it is manufactured. >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >