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Does Canon now offshore its production to China and/or Taiwan? I'd like to avoid as much as possible purchasing anything made in China, Taiwan, and India -- especially my higher-end stuff, like camera materials (although I think my 300D was probably manufactured in Taiwan, unfortunately.)
 
Yes, Canon make some of their equipment in Japan, China, as well as Taiwan. As you will not find too much stuff made in Taiwan as it is very expensive to produce there. Quality wise, my experience with the Canon 350XT is as good as the Japanese models.
shnaggletooth said:
Does Canon now offshore its production to China and/or Taiwan? I'd
like to avoid as much as possible purchasing anything made in
China, Taiwan, and India -- especially my higher-end stuff, like
camera materials (although I think my 300D was probably
manufactured in Taiwan, unfortunately.)
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My experiences with almost everything Made in China/Taiwan/India has not been good: chairs that break after a month's use, CD-Rs that go bad after a year, etc. Basically, those nations manufacture cheap junk. It's one of the reasons why I don't purchase at stores Wal-Mart (which sells nothing but "Made in China").
 
shnaggletooth said:
My experiences with almost everything Made in China/Taiwan/India
has not been good: chairs that break after a month's use, CD-Rs
that go bad after a year, etc. Basically, those nations manufacture
cheap junk. It's one of the reasons why I don't purchase at stores
Wal-Mart (which sells nothing but "Made in China").
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I experienced the same a few times and I can't say that I would totally disagree with you.
still, it sounds a bit hmmm... ugly.

I'm more than sure that not everything that says made in China/Taiwan/India is junk.

regards
tom
 
You get what you pay for! Though in majority of cases, products manufactured in China/India/Taiwan are pretty cheap, they are "designed" to be cheap. I don't see a reason for them to make "cheap junk" for higher end products.
shnaggletooth said:
Does Canon now offshore its production to China and/or Taiwan? I'd
like to avoid as much as possible purchasing anything made in
China, Taiwan, and India -- especially my higher-end stuff, like
camera materials (although I think my 300D was probably
manufactured in Taiwan, unfortunately.)
Click to expand...
 
shnaggletooth said:
My experiences with almost everything Made in China/Taiwan/India
has not been good: chairs that break after a month's use, CD-Rs
that go bad after a year, etc. Basically, those nations manufacture
cheap junk. It's one of the reasons why I don't purchase at stores
Wal-Mart (which sells nothing but "Made in China").
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That can't be all true. While China make a lot of junk, most notebook computers, peripherals, mp3 and digicams are also made there and they are very good.
 
shnaggletooth said:
Does Canon now offshore its production to China and/or Taiwan? I'd
like to avoid as much as possible purchasing anything made in
China, Taiwan, and India -- especially my higher-end stuff, like
camera materials (although I think my 300D was probably
manufactured in Taiwan, unfortunately.)
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Then you probably avoid Nike sneakers, leather goods, most MP3 players (from "big name" companies, including the ubiquitous Ipod), etc. :)

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Misha
 
GeorgeH said:
That can't be all true. While China make a lot of junk, most
notebook computers, peripherals, mp3 and digicams are also made
there and they are very good.
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Exactly & the D200 is made in Thailand, hardly a piece of Junk.

I've got some excellant quality Chinese stuff from tools ( Fuller ), to Binoculars ( Nikon ) to LCD screens ( Dell ) to Keyboards ( Logitech ).

Nigel

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I'm old enough to remember this same cheap shoddy stuff happened when Japan started to become a source of cheap goods. look what happened! I've sent back 3 electric kettles manufactured in China, so I know what you mean...but they are smart and quick. so eventually they will make better quality...in the meantime we just have to be the beta test I guess.
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Emerson
 
artistforanimals said:
I'm old enough to remember this same cheap shoddy stuff happened
when Japan started to become a source of cheap goods. look what
happened! I've sent back 3 electric kettles manufactured in China,
so I know what you mean...but they are smart and quick. so
eventually they will make better quality...in the meantime we just
have to be the beta test I guess.
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There is a big difference between goods made by Chinese companies under their own brands and by products manufactured in China to the design and under control of companies like Canon, Apple, etc.

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Misha
 
Oh I agree, one would think the majors would be so good as to keep the quality control up, however so far that is not my experiece with Cuisinart or Krups who used to be the highest quality...hope my new Rebel XT keeps up ...just in case I bought it at Best Buy with a 4 yr warranty.
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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you...
Emerson
 
you know what, thanks for that, I'll look at mine, just assume everyone makes most everything in China now. I work for a store that gets shoes from Korea, but the manufacturer in Korea is using stuff he gets from China...I'm leary right now..my Sony 717 is in repair after only 2 years of use...the love of my camera life was a Canon in the old SL R world, trying to get used to this new digital thing, and hope the new one stays working long enough for me to learn how to use it. Sure thank everyone on the forum, as it has become my main teacher.
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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you...
Emerson
 
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