[Leica] Re: Hand built?

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

While I think that Leica's future depends on a digital rangefinder,  
where it is manufactured and assembled matters little to me. The less  
expensive the manufacturing costs are the more funds they will have  
for R&D. For the foreseeable future there are enough German built  
Leicas about to keep up with any reasonable increase in the number of  
fondlers.

John Collier

On 26-Oct-06, at 6:17 AM, Joseph Yao wrote:

> There is nothing wrong with 'Made in Thailand', and the Nikon D200  
> is indeed
> very well made in Thailand.
>
> I also find my 'Made in Thailand' Mercedes-Benz better built than  
> my German
> built one.  Better finished and more reliable.  Better than my  
> previous
> South African built one for sure.
>
> Interestingly, when I was at the Mercedes factory in Stuttgart last  
> time,
> most production line workers I met were not German :-)
>
> Oh, I almost forgot to mention several Leica items are now made in  
> China.
> Nothing wrong with that, as far as I am concerned.