Hey Hey Hey...isn't Fuji supposed to be made in Japan??

[milandro]

I don’t have that experience, as stated above,I know for a fact that Yamaha saxophones such as the 275 model which were made in China and Indonesia and Japan are made to the exact same specifications and tolerances.

 

Yet, they are affected by the same kind of blanket of unproven statements and customers believe what internet so called experts tell them and repeat hearsay with no personal knowledge of facts.

 

It is easily verifiable with the three saxophones made in the three different countries put side by side. Some time ago they were all present on the market. Now You will only find the Chinese made ones, if you get the new product.

 

 

I am an Apple-Mcintosh user since 1986, I have therefore used Apple computers made in Cuppertino-US, Ireland and China. Never felt that any product was made at any different quality standard.

 

Unless we have pictures of a shabby assembling line of the Fuji facilities i China we should give them credit, unless we have prove of the contrary, of running as tight an operation in China as they are in Japan.

 

Which brings me to another point.

 

We’ve had several reports of new Japanese high-price lenses made by Fuji Japan ( I had a 10-24mm with some black stuff in it) and even of WR lenses with specs of dust ( which could have only come from the factory), I would be way more worried about THAT than of inconsistencies in the cheaper range of lenses anyway!

Edited May 6, 2016 by milandro

[gordonrussell76]

Mike G

 

The 18-135mm was the first weather sealed lens, and the gaskets caused the zoom to not be so smooth, design teething trouble fixed by the time the 16-55 and 50-140mm came out?

 

Interestingly on my copy of the 18-135mm lens this has eased massively with use and its a smooth as my 55-200mm. Oh and everyone slates it for sharpness and I have found it to be exceedingly sharp from about 35mm through to 100mm and acceptable at the focal ranges bookending those. 

 

G

[David Thompson]

My

XA1 Thailand

XPRO1  XS1,100-400 ZOOM 1.4 Converter XF18, JAPAN

Finepix F300 EXR, XF 27 2.8 XC 16-50 50-230 China 

 

Man behind the gear is the problem!

[Kalle]

I have seen a test, where they tested a big brands f/1.4 50 mm made both in and out Japan (several different plant). In that case, made in Japan was much better.

[N3w_Typ3]

It is fine, X-T10 was never made in Japan, there was a video already released by Fuji showing the factory making the X-T10.

 

Come on, X-T10 is really affordable, thanks to where the factory is building them.

 

Normally, not everything is made in the homeland, only the flagship series or the high end models received such attentions.

 

By the way, not everything is made in Japan, even the inners we don’t know, there might be parts that are just made in China etc… it is just that the final assembly is completed in Japan.

 

Like many said, it is the QC, some might think, Woo MIC not good in fact if extreme QC is applied should never be a problem.

 

I still have product MIC and it last longer than some of the MIJ product. There are a lot of secret involved in QC so deep and confusing.

 

The 18-55 that comes with X-T10 are MIC, while those that came with X-T1 are MIJ because of the flagship model.

[Mike G]

Gordon, that is the sort of answer I hoped to see. I really like this 18-135 lens but was a bit disappointed by the zoom action, which I'm glad to hear is not a QC issue, hopefully in time mine will begin to feel better!

[nikau]

It doesn't matter so much about the country of manufacture any more. The important thing is the quality control standards in place at the factory. Guess that's a different way of saying what one of the first respondents in this thread said: the warranty's the important thing as it puts the weight of head office behind the product. I live in a country where Japanese pickups are prolific. Most if not all are now built in Thailand, but there's no difference in build quality and reliability compared to those from Japanese factories.