Nikon shifts production to China. CHINA!

New 50mm f1.4 G is apparently made there. I guess Thailand wasn't cheap
enough anymore?

RichA wrote:
New 50mm f1.4 G is apparently made there. I guess Thailand wasn't cheap
enough anymore?

If they meet the quality spec, that's all that counts. For such you can
be sure that, just like in Thailand or wherever, there is a Nikon optics
engineer based at the plant.


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What's the big deal? Cameras and optics have been made in China for years.
Many of Nikons other lens are made in China.


"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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RichA wrote:
New 50mm f1.4 G is apparently made there. I guess Thailand wasn't cheap
enough anymore?

If they meet the quality spec, that's all that counts. For such you can
be sure that, just like in Thailand or wherever, there is a Nikon optics
engineer based at the plant.


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"Humm" wrote in message
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What's the big deal? Cameras and optics have been made in China for
years.
Many of Nikons other lens are made in China.


Because the Chinese are ass-----. They're trying to convince everyone to
make the West pay for their foray into C02 emission controls, because "the
rich countries should have to pay." Regardless of what you think of the
global warming fraud, the Chinese have enjoyed double-digit growth, courtesy
of Western markets for the last 10 years while Western industry has
transferred to them, and they want US to pay their way to Kyoto?

In message , RichA
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"Humm" wrote in message
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What's the big deal? Cameras and optics have been made in China for
years.
Many of Nikons other lens are made in China.


Because the Chinese are ass-----. They're trying to convince everyone to
make the West pay for their foray into C02 emission controls, because "the
rich countries should have to pay."

Well the US is even worse for CO2.

Regardless of what you think of the
global warming fraud,

It's real.

the Chinese have enjoyed double-digit growth, courtesy
of Western markets for the last 10 years while Western industry has
transferred to them,

And? That's business.

and they want US to pay their way to Kyoto?

The US is going to have to start paying at some point. The free ride is
over.

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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:52:19 +0000, Chris H
wrote:

In message , RichA
writes

"Humm" wrote in message
...
What's the big deal? Cameras and optics have been made in China for
years.
Many of Nikons other lens are made in China.


Because the Chinese are ass-----. They're trying to convince everyone to
make the West pay for their foray into C02 emission controls, because "the
rich countries should have to pay."

Well the US is even worse for CO2.

Regardless of what you think of the
global warming fraud,

It's real.

Yep. It's real. But it's not man made.

And do you know what? It stopped in 1998.

But nobody much seems to know that.

the Chinese have enjoyed double-digit growth, courtesy
of Western markets for the last 10 years while Western industry has
transferred to them,

And? That's business.

and they want US to pay their way to Kyoto?

The US is going to have to start paying at some point. The free ride is
over.



Eric Stevens

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:52:19 +0000, Chris H
wrote:

In message , RichA
writes

"Humm" wrote in message
...
What's the big deal? Cameras and optics have been made in China for
years.
Many of Nikons other lens are made in China.


Because the Chinese are ass-----. They're trying to convince everyone to
make the West pay for their foray into C02 emission controls, because "the
rich countries should have to pay."

Well the US is even worse for CO2.

True, for now. Here's the most recent data and in a format that let's
you play around:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/internati...ableh1cco2.xls

You can do things like reverse sort on column AD and see the ranking
of nations in per capita emissions. But the interesting thing is to
do a trend analysis on the China line vs. the US line (just plot them
on a bar graph for simplicity) and then realize how many more capita
China has than the US and you can see the problem.

Steve

RichA added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

New 50mm f1.4 G is apparently made there. I guess Thailand
wasn't cheap enough anymore?

Isn't globalization great?! First, the Japs take out the American
camera industry and now you say that the Chinks are eating their
lunch? I say, Great!

"Laid off yet? Keep buying foreign and you will be!"

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HP, aka Jerry

“How do you have patience for people who claim they love America,
but clearly can't stand Americans?” – Sydney Ellen Wade to
President Andrew Shepherd in the movie “The American President”

HEMI-Powered wrote:
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"Laid off yet? Keep buying foreign and you will be!"

So what American-made DSLR or add-on lenses would you recommend your
fellow countrymen to purchase?

David

David J Taylor added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

HEMI-Powered wrote:
[]
"Laid off yet? Keep buying foreign and you will be!"

So what American-made DSLR or add-on lenses would you
recommend your fellow countrymen to purchase?

I'm not, it's a joke, David. The OP was (apparently) whining
about where Nikon is building a certain lens, and noted it was
formerly in Thailand and now is in China. Gee, Nikon used to be
Japanese, right? Which is what caught my eye and the "isn't
globalization great?" comment.

As to my countryman, that's the other part that is NOT a joke,
I'm afraid. For most countries, certainly the US, domestic
manufacturing of goods is thing of the past, long past. What
there is is really owned by a foreign company. Examples abound
but I'm sure you know what I mean.

People have the right to get the lowest possible prices for what
they buy so it is natural to go to Wal-Mart. However, people must
also understand that when entire industries move off-shore, the
jobs don't go with them, they are lost domestically forever. This
can an inexorable domino effect but is often so slow as not to be
noticed until one wakes up and sees unemployment figures like we
have now.

In 1980 while running for office, Ronald Reagan said "Recession
is when your neighbor is laid off. Depression is when you are
laid off. Revovery is when Jimmy Carter is laid off." The last
sentence is usually left off to make it more of an economic
comment rather than a campaign slogan but it is even more true
now, nearly 30 years later.

Cheers!

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HP, aka Jerry

“How do you have patience for people who claim they love America,
but clearly can't stand Americans?” – Sydney Ellen Wade to
President Andrew Shepherd in the movie “The American President”