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Re: [OM] Phoney OM-4T

Subject: Re: [OM] Phoney OM-4T
From: "Hans van Veluwen" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:10:49 +0200
John H. wrote:

: I just got a 4T which was purchased from KEH.  Turns out it is a plain 4
: which someone put a 4T top on.  Old circuit, old drain,  NO Super FP.
: BEWARE!

Funny. Reminds me of a fraud case some years ago with computer main circuit
boards that had no-name "cache chips" on them that were completely empty inside.

There are, btw, three other differences I know of between unmodified OM-4's and
OM-4T(i)'s on the outside, besides the hot shoe and inscription on the top
plate: the self-timer/beeper off switch on the T(i) locks in the middle position
(you have to lift it to turn it to the right or left); the original OM-4 has no
such feature and you can activate the self-timer quite easily by accident. The
second difference is the little lever at the bottom that is operated by the
rewind mechanism of Motor Drive 2. This lever is black on the OM-4 and chrome on
the OM-4T(i). And of course the original Motor Drive Socket Cap and Battery
Chamber Cap were both black too on the OM-4 and are chrome on the OM-4Ti.

hnz


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