How much of Canon and Nikon still made in Japan?

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"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> Remember when (Contax I think) production was
> shifted from Germany to Portugal and then Brazil?
> There were people saying quality dropped. But
> it was never clear cut. Odd, considering things
> like lenses can easily be tested. I'm wondering
> how much of the cameras/lenses are still made
> in Japan? I know the optical glass supposedly is,
> but apart from that, is there anything to prevent
> the Japanese from putting a "made in Japan" mark
> on the camera when in fact it was only partially
> assembled there?

My Canon 300D was made in Taiwan and says so on the bottom of the camera.
Some 300Ds were made in Japan.

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RichA wrote:
> Remember when (Contax I think) production was
> shifted from Germany to Portugal and then Brazil?
> There were people saying quality dropped. But
> it was never clear cut. Odd, considering things
> like lenses can easily be tested. I'm wondering
> how much of the cameras/lenses are still made
> in Japan? I know the optical glass supposedly is,
> but apart from that, is there anything to prevent
> the Japanese from putting a "made in Japan" mark
> on the camera when in fact it was only partially
> assembled there?
> -Rich

Don't know about Canon and Nikon, my Pentax *ist DS body was assembled in
Philippines, the 18-55 zoom in Vietnam.

WF