Joseph wrote:
These lenses, if I understand correctly, are produced to meet individual
orders. I've never understood that. The metal parts have to be stamped in
advance and sitting around, don't they? Or are the metal parts hand-machined
and painted for each order? Are the optics produced when the lens is
ordered? Or are all the parts sitting around, and just assembled when there
is an order?
REPLY:
Generally, subcontractors delivers the parts as short as possible before
assembly. I don't know how it works for low volume items like this, but I
guess that they have a small bin of parts around.
Anyway, I guess this is more about moving lens manufacturing away from japan
to Vietnam. This of course, is an excellent opportunity to discontinue old
lenses and tooling up for new ones.
Pål
