Re: Nikon Busted For Industrial Espionage!

On 5/12/08 7:04 PM, in article
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 "Rita Berkowitz"
<ritaberk2008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Gary Edstrom wrote:
> 
>>> Now that was a cool video.  The only thing that troubled me about it
>>> is the lack of QA in the manufacturing steps and the careless
>>> attitude of Canon letting workers assemble these lenses what appears
>>> to *NOT* be a clean room and the worker lacking a hair net and
>>> gloves.  Might as well assemble the old 500 out in a dust storm.
>> 
>> I also noticed that in at least one scene, the worker is not using
>> "Finger Tips" to handle the lens.  Nice way to get body oils on the
>> lens.
> 
> Yes, that didn't set to well with me.  Makes buying a $5,000 lens really
> reassuring.
> 
>> I suspect that this might be from some sort of training film done
>> outside a clean room.  Strange as it seems, they might not want video
>> cameras taping inside a clean room.  I have worked in a clean room
>> before, and the regulations were quite strict on what could be brought
>> in.
> 
> It is what we don't see that worries me.  For all we know
> the tech could be salivating and dropping rice from her mouth over the
lens.
Projecting again?