Learn Before you buy through Google ". Kaiser Fototechnik - behind this name is a German company, which was founded in 1946 and developed from the beginning the majority of its products itself and manufactures" Made in Germany "shall apply to these products as an expression high quality, solidity and optimum utility value. " (Excerpt from the corporate side) Article is indeed manufactured precisely and cleanly, but was manufactured in China and is therefore grossly overpriced. Too bad, I feel a little misled.