<div><br>Ironically, the only "American (designed/manufactured)" company in the camera world now is Fuji (made in South Carolina?) </div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/9/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ron Van Putte</b> <<a href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:48 PM, <a href="mailto:jeffghughes@comcast.net">jeffghughes@comcast.net</a> wrote:
<br><br>> I doubt if there is a consumer product of any value that is<br>> truly"American Made". GM may haveassembly plants in the US, butI'd<br>> wager thathalf the content (parts) come from china, mexico and india.
<br><br>My Kodak camera says the following on the bottom, "Designed in Japan.<br>Fabricated in China."<br><br>Ron Van Putte<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list
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