Pretty rampant speculation there. Fuji's got plenty of resources, and
builds their own lenses for tons of other applications, so why not build
them for still image cameras? Last time I checked Fuji is still making
their own large format lenses as well...
On 4/6/12 6:16 AM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Honestly, I doubt that Fuji has been building their own higher-end
> lenses/bodies for many years. The camera and lens division was always
> so small that it only takes the retirement of a small handful of
> people for them to lose the ability to produce. This happened to Nikon
> with the FM3A. They actually had to bring people out of retirement to
> build it. That skillset is now completely gone.
>
> If a company is constantly building complex camera designs, it makes
> sense to keep the design, tooling and manufacturing in-house. But just
> looking at Fuji, they haven't done anything like this in years, so the
> liklihood of outsourcing is almost certain. And when it comes to
> outsourcing a camera like this, there is only one company that can do
> it.
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