[shuttertalk]

Here's a short (mostly pictorial) tour of the factory in China producing the new Nikon 1 range. Apparently, the factory in the Wuxi province is the same place where they produce their coolpix line as well. From my reading, all the low end compacts are now produced in China and Indonesia - I wonder whether it's telling as to where it sits in terms of quality...

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/behi...1_factory/

Interestingly, a lot of the work is done by hand, including painting the logo on the front of the camera...