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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 139845" data-attributes="member: 3903">They've been making cameras for years &quot;in Japan&quot;. Now do you think all their parts are made in Japan…? NO. Like all major companies that want to make more money, they are subcontracting to Chinese manufacturers. There are problems in China with quality control since their work force is very migrant. Another shop opens two doors away and they offer 10 cents more per hour, they loose manpower. For a toaster or blender manufacturing company this has not too much impact, but for a product that requires precision and&nbsp; very careful assembly there could be problems. I think this is what we are seeing.But, I've been wrong before. But I've been right sometimes too. Bottom line for me is that this &quot;problem&quot; is not my end of the world and I accept the product and will keep using it and I'll take care of the once in a while wet cleaning. I'm rarely shooting anything at f16 since it's not sharper at that f-stop because of refraction. As long as I don't see stuff around f8, I'm good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 139845, member: 3903"] They've been making cameras for years "in Japan". Now do you think all their parts are made in Japan…? NO. Like all major companies that want to make more money, they are subcontracting to Chinese manufacturers. There are problems in China with quality control since their work force is very migrant. Another shop opens two doors away and they offer 10 cents more per hour, they loose manpower. For a toaster or blender manufacturing company this has not too much impact, but for a product that requires precision and very careful assembly there could be problems. I think this is what we are seeing. But, I've been wrong before. But I've been right sometimes too. Bottom line for me is that this "problem" is not my end of the world and I accept the product and will keep using it and I'll take care of the once in a while wet cleaning. I'm rarely shooting anything at f16 since it's not sharper at that f-stop because of refraction. As long as I don't see stuff around f8, I'm good. [/QUOTE]

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