Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Go figure. I ordered my 5D Mk II & two lenses at the dealer (Glaser's) on a Monday. They had the new 70-200 USM MkII in stock. The camera body with new 24-105 was delivered on Wednesday morning. In Seattle. Like I said. Go figure. Bob Bob Shaw rsphotoimages at comcast.net On Oct 16, 2010, at 2:27 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > Nikon needs to do something, their delivery here in the US is snail slow, > for just about everything. I asked about a D3S, and was told it would get > here sometime in the future, 3 to 4 months if you are extremely lucky. > Leica is far faster and more reliable for product delivery. > > gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:27:39 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] Pentax 645 > > When I first visited the Nikon factory in Japan, I thought "is this > it?" It is absolutely tiny. To get anything like the market share > they wanted, they needed a new factory. > > Marty > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj > <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: >> Richard, >> As far as Nikon is concerned, the DX (crop factor) bodies and lenses >> are largely made in Thailand, the FX (full frame) bodies and the pro >> lenses (as well as steppers) in Japan, Coolpix largely in Indonesia >> and China. Some of the standard primes (50mm, etc) are also made in >> China. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> wrote: >>> Very few Japanese cameras are made in Japan now. Almost all Nikon are >>> made >>> in Thailand, for example. >>> >>> China makes a lot of the bodies too, >>> >>> Who knows, may be some Chinese companies will buy Leica :-) >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:33 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Interesting too that the Japanese factory was closed and cameras all >>>> outsourced. Interesting history indeed >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Alastair >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >>> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>> previous >>> replies in your msgs. ] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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