I tend agree with Winsor, since the Japanese are masters of statistical
process control (a US invention) - which tells them when their manufacturing
process is departing long before the quality of the finished items falls off
noticeably.
Gary Edwards (who has not conducted large sample testing, either. . . .and
could be wrong)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> I think the idea that Olympus or any other fine camera manufacturer
> is unable to turn out multiple copies of the same lens design without
> huge variations in quality is simply ludicrous. It is even more far
> fetched, considering that the Japanese essentially created modern,
> consistently high quality industrial processes in cameras as well as
> other products which have revolutionized those processes elsewhere in
> the world.
>
> The only significant differences you are going find will be in
> subjective, anecdotal opinion, flawed "objective" third party testing
> which attempts to justify its own questionable results, damage after
> manufacture, and unannounced design changes by the manufacturer.
> --
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
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