Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One, neither you nor I know what the QC situation is. And two, any company that follows Leica's business model is, as we know, headed for history's scrap heap. ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:32:13 +0800 "Joseph Low" <joelct@singnet.com.sg> 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