FA 31mm Limited assembled in Vietnam - bad QC or bad luck. - Page 5

*Jonson PL* · 08-03-2009, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by nostatic

Care to elaborate? And which of these things were both made and designed in Vietnam?

Made in Vietnam

What a beauty

Originally Posted by blind-bat

Contradictory. In theory, sending manufacturing/assembly to a country where the average wage is $40 USD/month enables Hoya to spend more effort (time) in manufacturing the product. As far as QA, I know a company that cuts diamonds in Vietnam & the product is top notch. The Vietnamese are extremely hard working and in general are very good at learning the skill sets required to assemble or manufacture product well. Also, companies that set up operations like this will Q&A with someone who has done this for years by relocating them from an existing operation. I believe the bad lenses in the case of the new 31mms are just a batch that got through.

Good point

TheTenaciousOne · 08-03-2009, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by séamuis

which has absolutely nothing to do with the human workers of any specific nation, but the quality of the quality control process.

Who do you think decides whether a lens is good enough to be sold?
Like it or not, countries develop reputations from majorities. Sure you can say you have gotten a perfectly good product out of Vietnam but im sure that there's 3 other people that can say they didn't