No K-50 on that page though.
On 7/27/2013 12:52 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
I remember an issue a while back where the union/government was trying
to prevent Boeing from moving some production out of Washington state to
S Carolina. Apparently the company won.
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/charleston/
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <johnsess...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?
On 7/26/2013 11:48 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
I'd bet that the parts for a lens come from many different sources
that specialize in the part they are producing for such a lens, or
even a camera body.
Ricoh - Pentax may design a lens, but with some in-house exceptions,
the parts, barrel, motors, circuit boards, flat cables, switches, and
parts that require being machined, all are ordered out-sourced.
Look at the Boeing 787, Almost all of it is manufactured around the
world (at least it was originally, until they found out how shoddy
some of the parts were). But everything comes together here in
Everett and their back east (N. Carolina??) factory. Same with the
automobile manufacturing process. It was big news when Apple
announced they would be making the new Mac Pro in the US. Of course,
I think they mean assembling a percentage of it. The same with the
glasses you are wearing to read this. Think the frame designers have
the machines to make the little tiny screws that hold them together?
And you know the optics come from elsewhere, ground from blanks that
come from somewhere else.
Few companies qualify to be shown on "How it's Made" without showing
you that some part of the product is delivered, except maybe the
Swiss Army Knife and the LeatherMan.
On Jul 25, 2013, at 16:14 , David Parsons wrote:
I can't imagine that crowdsourcing is capable of raising enough
money to shut down a production line, retool, and make new
product.
Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com
I think Boeing has some kind of IT facility in Charleston, SC, but I
don't think they manufacture aircraft there. I don't know of any
aircraft manufacturing in the Carolinas, although there's a small
aircraft graveyard & a couple of major overhaul facilities. Bensen
Aircraft used to manufacture autogyros at RDU airport, but they closed
back in the late 80s.
Lockheed Martin has a plant in Atlanta, but I believe it's used strictly
for military aircraft since it's located on Dobbins AFB (Dobbins Joint
Air Reserve Base). I'm pretty sure they still manufacture C-130s there.
I did a quick Google search for the Boeing 787 & it looks like final
assembly might be done in Everett, WA.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57595794-235/boeing-shows-off-first-fully-painted-787-9-dreamliner/
The interesting thing about that page is that as you scroll down, a
Pentax K-50 practically leaps off the page at you - lower right "Special
offer for new CNET members" "Learn how to do more with your DSLR". I
don't think they're offering a K-50, just gonna' tell you what to do
with yours.
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