e-Photographia have published a fascinating account of a recent visit to Nikon’s Sendai factory in Japan, where the new D3 DSLR camera is being produced.

“First, we were given coats and hats, making us look like bakers, and then it was off to shutter manufacturing. We went through the whole process of shutter assembly and their testing. Surprisingly, this is still very much manual labour - there are some Sanyo chips that are attached automatically, and then it’s off to manual assembly with precision tools. The shutters seem to be assembled primarily by women. And all the time, you can hear shutters going off.”

Website: e-Photographia - Nikon Factory Tour

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