Originally Posted by
photonick
I'm not shocked and I'm not saying that an asian product isn't any good but i sell a lot of chinese products (camera equipment) at my work and do notice a difference in quality between the asian stuff and the italian american or even japanese stuff. I guess as long as the companies are very serious about inspecting the product they import then its totally fine.
Yeah, those Nikon, Canon and Mamiya cameras are just total crap. Who would want any of that junk?
I think you can say that Swiss precision is better than high-quality mass production, but in most cases you're splitting hairs, and I can't even count how many pro shooters use Japanese-made cameras and optics. Or for bikes, how many pros ride Asian-made frames and components.
Is it me, or does it seem unlikely that Dura-Ace is made in Italy?
A factory is a factory is a factory. All Pinarello needs is a) good relationships with the manufacturers and b) good QA staff, and it doesn't matter one bit where it comes from.