Hi,
> You're right! Funny, I never noticed it in my copy, but, yes, it really
> says 'M-System' (page 97). The serial number is 100001, so this would be a
> generic number for any (O)M prototype lens?
That seems conceivable. Also, the book mentions that a lot of the lenses
that were shown at the Photokina fair in 1972 were still not commercially
available (in both prints it says that; i.e. 1976 and 1979).
The thing which I find most fascinating is that of all lenses it's a shift
lens that says M-system, that makes me think that all lenses that were shown
in 1972 may once have been prototyped as M-system lenses!
> If this sample was never destroyed, it would indeed, combined with an M-1
> body, be worth more than an OM-1n Gold...
Hehehe, these things must be the ultimate nightmare for the I-want-them-all
collectors amongst us. Phew! It's a good thing I'm a user, and not a
collector! :)))
> Say, does it have to do something with Christmas approaching, that we are
> now all discussing prototypes, vapour-hardware, items never made or so
> rare that only one specimen was produced, dream cameras and stuff like
> that? Are we getting sentimental? Do we all live in the past? Is there a
> future for Olympus OM? What happens to an OM-2000 body on January 1st?
> Where can I buy the OM-7007Ti Black with s/n 100001?
If either of these things become reality I'll start believing in Santa Claus
again! :(
Cheers!
Olafo
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