Mr Tiefenbrun has seen the light - again - apparently

[Prince of Darkness]

I could be wrong (I'm good at that) but I think the Ekos is only 'finished' in Scotland. eg. Assembled from parts manufactured in Japan. I've no idea where I heard that though.

Would not surprise me. Certainly if the Ittok was made by Mamiya, as Howard states, then Linn would be unlikely to better the quality.