China or Japan ?? AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D

[harlequin2902]

Just saw someone selling a pretty new Japanese made one in buy/sell , I just got mine from Cathay a few days ago...but it's made in China ! ;(

I paid S$185.00 for it. Are the Japanese ones supposed to cost more perhaps ?

 

[amateur_photographer]

why bother? china, japan, russia. This is globalization man!