Originally Posted by Samsungian 
Very little of pentax logo'd items are made in Japan thesedays. Usually you have to look at rear element of lenses to find the somewhat hidden "VietNam" origin. My Samsung dslrs and K20D are all "Made in Philippines" Is it possible the outsourcing of "Pentax" production has lead to its sales decline in Japan in 2008?
Explain to me, then, how Nikon is still in the top 2 even when their volume-selling, lower-end cameras are made in Thailand. I didn't know that many people looked at those stickers at the bottom of DSLRs and made a buying decision based on those. The stickers/papers that's more important to me is the price tag and feature specs.
*shrug*
I really hope this piece of news would get fence-sitters to sell all their Pentax gear so the rest of us will have more used stock to buy at good prices. I never experienced the golden age of buying used Pentax stuff pre-K10D.