The fancy outer coverings for OM-1 through 2N were offered in the early 80s
and quickly abandoned because some (all ) of them were real animal skin and
which caused outrage amongst animal rights groups.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Craig H <craigh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Mirrror lockup effecting resolution
> Didn't Herb Kepler (I hope I have the name right) of Pop Photo have a good
> collection of OM bodies -- most with the fancy covers?
>
> Craig
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Garry D. Lewis <glewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Mirrror lockup effecting resolution
>
>
> > > BTW - Does anybody else notice the fancy leatherette coverings on
those
> Oly
> > > cameras? Dimpled brown for the OM1 and Green nagehide for the OM4Ti.
> >
> > I wonder "when , where and why" of that story.
> >
> > yours tandy hided.
> >
> > Garry D. Lewis
> >
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