RichA wrote:
On Nov 7, 8:08 pm, RainLover
wrote:
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:31:38 -0800, RichA
wrote:





On Nov 6, 6:33 pm, RainLover
wrote:
On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:30:21 -0800, RichA
wrote:
NO other camera company makes their higher end product there, they are
all still made in Japan. Olympus is really treading a thin line with
this.
The idea of "made in China" isn't what it used to be.
Can they make CRAP? Sure they can, But they will make anything
people want and TO THE SPECIFICATIONS they are asked to make it.
If you want a lens made, and hand-ground to some infinitesimal
fraction of perfection, that's what they'll do for you... if you want
a shoddy toy that falls apart before the next holiday season, they can
do that too.
Implying "communist china" is equal to "low quality" is a non sequitur
at best.
James, Port Orchard.
Oh sure. Was the last (for e.g.) socket set you bought at Walmart for
$10 the equal of a professional, U.S. made set from Sears "as good?"
I GUARANTEE that the specifications for the size, and for the quality
of metal in both sockets was spelled out EXACTLY to the manufacturer
of each.


IF you think the products churned out are absolutely to spec, with no
variance, you don't know very much about Chinese production.
I wonder if the new Zeiss lenses will be fabricated in the toilet that
is Communist China? I doubt it.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0711/07110802zeisszfi.asp

In many cases, the factories churning out cameras etc are
owned by the parent company, and produce the stuff to
exactly the same specifications as if it was made in a
Japanese / Euro / US factory. The difference is the cheaper
operating environment - ie lower labour costs, lower energy
costs, lower governmental compliance costs etc.
There are cases where chinese factories are used to churn
out cheap crap but as a previous poster said, the quality is
set by the customer, not by the factory.