Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The guy down the street from me was scoffed for buying a Toyota...back in about 1965. Everyone thought it was total crap. Post-WWII elitism, I guess. By the time 1975 came around, I could see that Japan was eating our lunch. 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 B. D. Colen Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:46 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus DSLR Bingo! Remember when the Hundai was a joke? To say nothing of Samsung. ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:55:51 +0100 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: "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