Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens, manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To which I might add my two cents... > > The baseplate of my K100, K10, and K20 all state that the camera was > "Assembled in the Philippines". Says nothing about Japan, anywhere. > > My 18-250 mm is labeled "Made in Japan". But the 12-24 mm, and

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-21 Thread Joseph Tainter
> My 18-250 mm is labeled "Made in Japan". But the 12-24 mm, and the > 18-55 mm both read "Assembled in Vietnam". > > Joseph McAllister > Pentaxian > The 18-250 is almost assuredly produced by Tamron, not Pentax. - Bingo! Solves the mystery of who is producing these. Obviously Tamron

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-20 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 20, 2008, at 06:13 , P. J. Alling exclaimed, Toralf Lund > replied, and Godfrey DiGiorgi chimed in: > >> There ya go again. Confusing them with the facts. ;-) >> >> Godfrey >> >> On Sep 20, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Tora

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-20 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 20, 2008, at 06:13 , P. J. Alling exclaimed, Toralf Lund replied, and Godfrey DiGiorgi chimed in: > There ya go again. Confusing them with the facts. ;-) > > Godfrey > > On Sep 20, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: > >> P. J. Alling wrote: >>> Looks like no more "Made in Japan" lenses.

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Mark Roberts wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> On Sep 20, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: >> >> >>> P. J. Alling wrote: >>> Looks like no more "Made in Japan" lenses. The end of an era. >>> Actually, the article says no more "Made in Japan" *cameras*

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: > >> P. J. Alling wrote: >>> Looks like no more "Made in Japan" lenses. The end of an era. >>> >> Actually, the article says no more "Made in Japan" *cameras*. It >> doesn't mention lenses at all. >>> http://www.bloomb

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There ya go again. Confusing them with the facts. ;-) Godfrey On Sep 20, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: >> Looks like no more "Made in Japan" lenses. The end of an era. >> > Actually, the article says no more "Made in Japan" *cameras*. It > doesn't > mention lenses

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-20 Thread Toralf Lund
P. J. Alling wrote: > Looks like no more "Made in Japan" lenses. The end of an era. > Actually, the article says no more "Made in Japan" *cameras*. It doesn't mention lenses at all. > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aobIn0QQFaA4&refer=japan > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-19 Thread jtainter
P.J. wrote: Looks like no more "Made in Japan" lenses. The end of an era. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aobIn0QQFaA4&refer=japan - If the FA limiteds continue in production, I guess this means that they will be assembled at that troubled Hanoi plant. If you want a go

Pentax, (Hoya actually), moves all camera and camera lens manufacturing offshore.

2008-09-19 Thread P. J. Alling
Looks like no more "Made in Japan" lenses. The end of an era. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aobIn0QQFaA4&refer=japan -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p