Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok Pascal, I Agree with your answer. I think the same...but I also know there are luggers, who think that leica products made in Portugal are different than products made at Germany. Best Regards Cesar Bernardo Lisbon/Portugal At 11:43 21-04-2001 +0200, you wrote: >On 21-04-2001 10:58, César Bernardo wrote: > > >Why, do you think there are more quality on the products made at Germany? > >You are wrong and I invite you to visit the factory at Vila Nova de > >Famalicão - Portugal, to verify the professionalism. > >Hello César, > >of course you are right: there is no quality difference between Leica >products made at Solms and at Famalicao nowadays. > >However, I believe that for many people, it is not so much a question of >quality (obviously not, since most subassemblies of M and R "made in >Germany" come from the Portuguese Leica plant, and so do the compact >binoculars and microscopes, plus lens subassemblies more recently), but >rather a immaterial issue: Leica is a German company, with roots firmly >established in German history. So, in a sense, it is logical that many >people highly covet the "made in Germany" seal. This has more to do with >sense of history and tradition than anything else. > >To be honest: I also prefer Leica products "made in Germany" for this >reason. Not because products made in Portugal would be underachievers, >but for the above mentioned reason. If you buy Leica, you kind of expect >the "made in Germany", especially at the high price Leica is charging for >its products. But it won't prevent me from buying Leica items "made in >Portugal" (e.g. the R8 motorwinder and R8 motordrive have always been >made at Famalicao). > >Most probably Leica is now shifting more and more of their production to >the Famalicao plant because of two reasons: cheaper (Portuguese labor >costs are, though higher than in the past, still less than German labor >costs) and lack of sufficient production capacity at Solms. > >Pascal >NO ARCHIVE > >--------- >Visit my Leica photo pages at http://members.nbci.com/cyberplace >--------- ><<< PGP public key available upon request >>>