Nikon to end camera production in Japan
Dec 21, 2020 12:16:41 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
How does that yarn go about "ifs and buts"?
...yanno, if I shot Canon I'd probably want to jump-in on anything Nikon, too.
Dec 21, 2020 12:24:13 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
quixdraw wrote:
A man who thrives on schadenfreude, apparently.
To each his taste. I prefer Häagen-Dazs.
Dec 21, 2020 12:43:35 #
Lovely point and shoots now go for pennies on the dollar. They were still too complicated for many users. I taught some classes for these people and 90% never took the camera off full auto.
Dec 21, 2020 13:02:04 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
I do not understand WHY are there so many different models. I do not know which one to choose.
And hundreds of a confusion of lenses.
It has taken me 3 years, still trying to figure out the menus on my EASY to use oly 10.
The mfrs do not know what the consumer wants?
I can't control the scene modes!
And hundreds of a confusion of lenses.
It has taken me 3 years, still trying to figure out the menus on my EASY to use oly 10.
The mfrs do not know what the consumer wants?
I can't control the scene modes!
Dec 21, 2020 13:25:48 #
Dec 21, 2020 13:48:35 #
radiojohn wrote:
Lovely point and shoots now go for pennies on the dollar. They were still too complicated for many users. I taught some classes for these people and 90% never took the camera off full auto.
The Point and Shoot is the most difficult type of camera to use.
Dec 21, 2020 14:17:31 #
mmills79
Loc: NJ
Report: After more than 70 years Nikon ends domestic camera production, planning move to Thailand.
Published Dec 21, 2020 - (https://www.dpreview.com/news/4548503988/report-41-years-nikon-ends-domestic-camera-production-move-thailand#:~:text=Japanese%20publication%20AERAdot%20has%20reported,an%20effort%20to%20reduce%20costs)
Japanese publication AERAdot has reported Nikon is ending domestic camera production in Japan. According to the report, Nikon will be moving camera production from its Sendai Nikon factory in the Tōhoku region North of Tokyo to its Thailand factories in an effort to reduce costs.
Nikon’s Sendai factory covers nearly 27,000 square meters and has been running near-continuously since opening in 1971. The first camera to be produced in the facility was the Nikon EM, released in 1979. Since then, the Sendai factory has been the centerpiece for Nikon’s camera production and has provided technical assistance to overseas production. The first Nikon camera produced in Japan was a line of twenty experimental cameras, which were made in the Nippon Kokagu factory in 1946.
As of 2018, the last time we visited the Sendai factory, it was being operated by 352 employees who oversaw CNC machining, hands-on construction and quality assurance to ensure every camera and lens that left the factory was thoroughly checked and tested.
In a statement made to AERAdot, Nikon General Manager of Video Division, Hirotaka Ikegami, says the factory will continue to be used as a start-up factory for new business endeavors, with an emphasis on production technology and mobility.
As for camera production in Thailand, Hirotaka Ikegami says the Thai plant (machine-translated) ‘will continue to produce high-performance, high-precision parts required for [camera] products.
Production of Nikon’s Z6 and Z7 mirrorless cameras reportedly started its move to the Thailand factory back in October and Nikon’s D6 DSLR is also reported to be moved entirely to the Thai factory by the end of 2021.
Published Dec 21, 2020 - (https://www.dpreview.com/news/4548503988/report-41-years-nikon-ends-domestic-camera-production-move-thailand#:~:text=Japanese%20publication%20AERAdot%20has%20reported,an%20effort%20to%20reduce%20costs)
Japanese publication AERAdot has reported Nikon is ending domestic camera production in Japan. According to the report, Nikon will be moving camera production from its Sendai Nikon factory in the Tōhoku region North of Tokyo to its Thailand factories in an effort to reduce costs.
Nikon’s Sendai factory covers nearly 27,000 square meters and has been running near-continuously since opening in 1971. The first camera to be produced in the facility was the Nikon EM, released in 1979. Since then, the Sendai factory has been the centerpiece for Nikon’s camera production and has provided technical assistance to overseas production. The first Nikon camera produced in Japan was a line of twenty experimental cameras, which were made in the Nippon Kokagu factory in 1946.
As of 2018, the last time we visited the Sendai factory, it was being operated by 352 employees who oversaw CNC machining, hands-on construction and quality assurance to ensure every camera and lens that left the factory was thoroughly checked and tested.
In a statement made to AERAdot, Nikon General Manager of Video Division, Hirotaka Ikegami, says the factory will continue to be used as a start-up factory for new business endeavors, with an emphasis on production technology and mobility.
As for camera production in Thailand, Hirotaka Ikegami says the Thai plant (machine-translated) ‘will continue to produce high-performance, high-precision parts required for [camera] products.
Production of Nikon’s Z6 and Z7 mirrorless cameras reportedly started its move to the Thailand factory back in October and Nikon’s D6 DSLR is also reported to be moved entirely to the Thai factory by the end of 2021.
Dec 21, 2020 14:26:13 #
Indy55 wrote:
Most companies in China are tied to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). When you buy a "Made in China" product, you are likely to be supporting the growth and activity of the CCP. Let's let our dollars to the talking and and our patronage do the walking. My 2021 New Year resolution...Buy NOTHING made in China. Are you up for the challenge?
No way.
Your post really belongs in The Attic.
Hopefully, Admin will move it.
What a toadally stoopid idiotic and blatantly racist idea. Reeks of MAGA.
Most companies in China do pay workers, who do hafta eat. Absolutely NOT saying the CCP is a fine and benevolent, or just, operation. But peeps gotta eat, etc. And I do believe the CCP is even worse than the Capitalist Party. Yet it’s all variations of the same idea, the only differences being degree of severity.
Most companies here and abroad do not give a ratzazz about people, only profits. So no reason to single out China.
The USA is petroleum self sufficient and even exports the stuff. Why not refuse to buy any product connected to the petro economy. That would be as sensible as boycotting any foreign company, not ignoring that “our” petro industry is not really ours anywho but is multinational.
Dec 21, 2020 15:02:47 #
whitehall wrote:
Off topic but interesting. It seems cameras with built in lenses took the biggest hit. I guess i phones I are not included. .
Peeps gotta tweet !
Elfs don’t tweet ... although they’ll sometimes whistle while they work.
Dec 21, 2020 15:09:39 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Imagine your life as a successful photographer. What camera are you holding?
None. My assistants handle all that stuff. And lunch. And paperwork. And phone.
Dec 21, 2020 15:17:51 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
And so it begins, the beginning of the end ...
I doubt Nikon is going out of business anytime soon…but ya'll Canon folk wish they would. They're just moving production to someplace cheaper than Japan…according to petapixel most of it had already been moved previously.
But I forget…only people who use FF and Canon hardware are true photographers…the rest of us are just making do until we see the light.
Dec 21, 2020 15:21:06 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Don't like the message, shoot the messenger?
A time honored approach, no?
Dec 21, 2020 15:45:07 #
Ichiban365 wrote:
All my Nikon gear is made in Thailand and there is... (show quote)
I recommend that if your concerned about human rights in China you take a glance at the Thailand 2019 Human Rights Report from the US State Department (Google search). You’ll not find much difference overall from China.
LittleRed (Ron)
Dec 21, 2020 15:58:18 #
Brucej67 wrote:
Just a restructuring, not dead yet.
That's what us Olympus shooters have been saying for some weeks now!
Dec 21, 2020 16:05:29 #
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