CH ............. you speak well indeed in support of your assertion that
"Made in China" is not an automatic euphemism for poor quality as I had
implied in my posting to which you replied. Looking back and having re-read
your posting below you have refreshed my thinking on the issues.
As a one-time-long-time-ago-pre-1997-era resident of HK please be assured
that you have helped reshape my thinking; thank you.
John Hudson
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:05 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: New Assessment of M8 by a Pro
>
> Made in China not necessary mean they are low quality, product quality is
> depending on the "Quality System", if the company has a good quality
> system
> and is duplicating the same in China, the quality will also be good.
>
> My Sony and Samsung notebook computers were also made in PRC and they are
> still working well after two years.
>
> My whole career was devoted to electronics manufacturing (product
> introduction section). The first half was in computer and second half was
> in
> ballast manufacturing. The ballast factory is belonging to a German
> lighting
> company and it is one of the biggest two in the world. The quality system
> is
> straightly following the mother company's requirement and I can proudly
> say
> they are very good.
>
> The limitation to make a good quality product is "cost", we (and our
> suppliers) are forced to source new low cost suppliers and risking some
> unknown factors which can only be rectified after some problem happen (by
> helping the new suppliers to improve the quality).
>
> BTW, there are design quality and manufacturing quality. Based on my
> experience for the high end devices, the design quality is more important.
> Especially for the time critical product, the design cycling time could be
> too short.
>
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>>
>> Assembled there with bits made in China perhaps.
>>
>> I'd bet that the M8 is a piece of 21st century junk compared to the M3 of
>> old.
>>
>> jh
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>
>>> Solms
>>> Andrew Fildes
>>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13/06/2008, at 11:31 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where is the M8 body made? ............... and likewise the lenses ?
>
>
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