Most large Japanese manufacturers like to make their own major components.
That was one thing that the son of the original Mr Toyoda demanded as he thought that Toyota should not be in the control of other manufacturers and the possible problems relating to short supply or the supplier going broke. So every major component had to be made by either Toyota themselves or by partnership companies - except for tyres.
Toyota made its own engines, gearboxes, even shock absorbers.
This was a big part of their success and Canon seems to have a similar mindset and it's been very successful for them, so why change.
For real photographers, cameras need certain talents and Canon cameras still have gorgeous colour and are very comfortable to hold and use (which Sony R cameras are not) and produce beautiful images even if their specs don't seem to be as good on paper, but in reality, their images are at least as good as any others.
That was one thing that the son of the original Mr Toyoda demanded as he thought that Toyota should not be in the control of other manufacturers and the possible problems relating to short supply or the supplier going broke. So every major component had to be made by either Toyota themselves or by partnership companies - except for tyres.
Toyota made its own engines, gearboxes, even shock absorbers.
This was a big part of their success and Canon seems to have a similar mindset and it's been very successful for them, so why change.
For real photographers, cameras need certain talents and Canon cameras still have gorgeous colour and are very comfortable to hold and use (which Sony R cameras are not) and produce beautiful images even if their specs don't seem to be as good on paper, but in reality, their images are at least as good as any others.
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